HC Deb 17 December 1935 vol 307 cc1571-2W
Mr. SHINWELL

asked the Minister of Labour whether he can make any statement on the Preparatory Maritime Conference which has been sitting at Geneva?

extinction 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. CHAMBERLAIN

His 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.