HC Deb 29 January 1930 vol 234 cc1001-2W
Mr. MANDER

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is the intention of the Government to ask for the appointment of a Commission under Article 14 of the Palestine Mandate for an inquiry into the Holy Places, in addition to the inquiry recently agreed to with regard to the Wailing Wall?

Mr. A. HENDERSON

In the absence of any indication that it is now possible to reconcile the differences of opinion which arose in 1922 when His Majesty's Government put forward proposals for giving effect to Article 14 of the Palestine Mandate, His Majesty's Government do not propose to reopen the question. So far as concerns the Wailing Wall, His Majesty's Government anticipate that this question will be finally disposed of by the Special Commission recently approved by the Council of the League of Nations.