§ Mr. PONSONBYasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any statement regarding the progress made by the special 1574W committee appointed by the League of Nations to draft a convention on the supervision of the private manufacture of arms and ammunition?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONAt the second session of the Commission, which was held at the end of August, considerable divergences of view were expressed, and the Commission were unable to agree upon a single text for a draft Convention. The particular questions at issue are now being examined by the Governments represented on the Commission and, as I informed the hon. Member for Penistone (Mr. Rennie Smith) yesterday, the next session of the Commission will open at Geneva on 5th December.