Captain CAZALETasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether, in view of the fact that at the request of 15 nations the question of the nationality of women, with particular reference to the equal nationality treaty signed by 21 republics at Montevideo in December, 1933, has been placed upon the agenda of the 16th Assembly of the League of Nations, and that New Zealand, Ireland, and Canada have already taken steps in this direction, the Government will propose to the other Governments within the British Commonwealth of Nations that the common status of the married woman shall be placed upon the same footing as regards British nationality as that of a man or single woman without delay?
Mr. THOMASI have considered my honourable and gallant Friend's suggestions but, as at present advised, I do not feel that any useful purpose would be served by an approach to the Dominion Governments at the present time on the lines suggested by him.