HC Deb 10 June 1931 vol 253 cc1026-7W
Mr. MANDER

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the names of the countries which have now ratified both the Optional Clause and the General Act?

Mr. A. HENDERSON

The following countries have now ratified the Optional Clause of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice: Union of South Africa, Abyssinia, Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, India, Irish Free State, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Portugal, Salvador, Siam, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, Yugoslavia.

The following have acceded to the General Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes: Australia, Belgium, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Denmark, Finland, France, India, Luxemburg, New Zealand, Norway, Spain; and in regard to certain provisions the Netherlands and Sweden.