§ Mr. MANDERasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the recent staff conversations between the representatives of Great Britain, France, and Belgium, representing the maximum collective security in Western Europe at present obtainable, have now terminated or are to be further continued; and whether the necessary dispositions resulting therefrom have been made?
§ Viscount CRANBORNEThe purpose and scope of these conversations was explained in my right hon. Friend's statement to the House on 3rd April, and their position in the communiqué issued to the Press on 18th April. I have nothing to add to these statements.