HC Deb 24 March 1927 vol 204 cc593-4W
Mr. W. THORNE

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which of the arms-producing States have ratified the Convention upon traffic in arms and munitions of war?

Sir A. CHAMBERLAIN

France is the only State which has hitherto ratified the Convention.

Mr. W. THORNE

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will consider publishing the replies of the arms-producing States to the suggestion made to them by His Majesty's Government last year that all the arms-producing States should take steps towards the simultaneous ratification of the Arms Traffic Convention?

Sir A. CHAMBERLAIN

I do not feel that there is any advantage to be gained by publication, and, in any event, I could not do so without permission from the Governments concerned.