§ Mr. SHINWELLasked the Minister of Labour whether he can make any statement on the Preparatory Maritime Conference which has been sitting at Geneva?
1572Wextinction of British capital invested in Mexican, Brazilian and Chinese railways and the partial extinction in Argentine railways, he will notify those concerned that the above-mentioned countries will not be allowed to negotiate loans here again when the British money market is re-opened to selected foreign borrowers?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINHis Majesty's Government are fully alive to the importance of taking all possible steps to protect the interests of British capital invested in railways abroad, but I see no reason to depart from the view that it can be left to the market to assess the credit of foreign countries or institutions which desire to borrow in London.