§ Mr. AYLESasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the use of smoke screens, tear gases, and high-explosive shells producing poisonous fumes are prohibited under the Geneva Protocol (Protocol for the prohibition of the use in war of asphyxiating, poisonous, 1170W or other gases, and of bacteriological methods of warfare. Geneva, 17th June, 1925. Cmd. 3398); and, if not, what steps His Majesty's Government are prepared to take in order that the use of poison gas in any form and for every purpose of warfare may be completely proscribed?
§ Mr. DALTONSmoke screens are not considered as poisonous and do not, therefore, come within the terms of the Geneva Gas Protocol. Tear gases and shells producing poisonous fumes are, however, prohibited under the Protocol. In the circumstances, no further action by His Majesty's Government is necessary.