§ Mr. MANDERasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the reasons for withdrawal from the International Convention for the Abolition of Imports and Exports Prohibitions and Restrictions; what other Governments have taken this step; and what Governments now adhere to it?
§ Mr. EDENFor the reasons for which His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom have withdrawn from the International Convention for the Abolition of Imports and Exports Prohibitions and Restrictions, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply to my hon. Friend the Member for South Croydon (Mr. H. Williams) on 10th July. The other Governments which have taken this step are Portugal (as from 30th June, 1931), and Denmark (as from 30th June, 1933). Finland and Sweden did not sign the Protocol of 20th December, 1929, bringing the Convention into force, and consequently are not bound by the Convention. The Governments now remaining parties to the Convention are those of the United States, Japan, the Netherlands and Norway, all other signatories having attached conditions to their ratifications which have remained unfulfilled. These conditions are set out in page 7 of Command Paper No. 3816 [Treaty Series No. 52 (1930)].