§ Mr. G. MACDONALDasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any statement on the prospect of an early meeting of the bureau of the Disarmament Conference for the discussion of the manufacture of and trade in arms; the publication of armament estimates; and the establishment of a permanent disarmament commission?
§ Viscount CRANBORNEThe present position is that on 10th October the Council of the League authorised its President, after consultation with his colleagues, to settle, as soon as circumstances permit, and in any case before the end of the year, the date of the meeting of the bureau of the conference. When it meets the bureau will decide its own agenda.