HC Deb 26 May 1932 vol 266 c557W
Mr. KIRKPATRICK

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government will consider the economy to be effected by transferring the British Legation from Peking to the International Settlement at Shanghai and dispensing with the Legation guard?

Mr. EDEN

Such a transfer would not, in my right hon. Friend's opinion, be practicable, nor would it result in any net financial saving.