§ Mr. MANDERasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the Government are now prepared to carry out strictly the obligation of this country under Article 8 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, under which the members of the League undertook to interchange full and frank information as to the scale of their armaments, their military, naval, and air programmes, and the condition of such of their industries as are adaptable to warlike purposes?
Mr. A. HENDERSONHis Majesty's Government have nothing to conceal and full information concerning the scale of their armaments and their expenditure thereon is obtainable from official publications and from the Armaments Yearbook, published by the League. His Majesty's Government do not yet officially exchange information with other members of the League because, as I informed the hon. Member on 12th February in reply to a previous question, the methods and scope of such exchange are still under consideration in connection with the work of the League of Nations Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference.