§ Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Prime Minister whether our representative at Geneva has received any instructions with regard to procedure on oil sanctions; and, if so, will he state their nature and, in particular, whether there is any agreement with the French Government in respect of the imposition of oil sanctions on Italy?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAt the meeting of the Committee of Eighteen at Geneva on 13th December, the Chairman, after referring to the statements made to the Committee on the previous day by Monsieur Laval and my right hon. Friend the Minister for League of Nations Affairs in regard to the suggestions made to the two parties by the Governments of France and the United Kingdom, suggested that pending the examination of the matter by the Council and the receipt of replies from the parties, the Committee of Eighteen should not do anything to prejudice negotiations which might lead to the restoration of peace. He therefore proposed to convoke the Committee again when he had received the necessary information, and in any case at an early date. The Committee adopted this proposal, in which the United Kingdom representative concurred. The answer to the last part of the question is in the negative.