§ Mr. MANDERasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in accordance with the resolution of the last Assembly of the League of Nations, the Government is giving its full support to the health organisation of the League of Nations in its inquiries into the widespread malnutrition which exists in the tropics and certain Far Eastern countries?
§ Viscount CRANBORNEYes, Sir. His Majesty's Government welcomed the resolution and will certainly give their850W full support to the inquiries proposed by the Health Organisation of the League of Nations into problems of malnutrition in tropical countries. In April last a circular despatch was sent to all Colonial dependencies asking for a full survey of the question and directing their attention to its importance. Further, the Prime Minister has recently appointed a Committee of the Economic Advisory Council to advise and make recommendations on nutritional matters in the Colonial Empire. This Committee will keep in close touch with the work of the League of Nations. The subject will form an important part of the agenda of the conference on Rural Hygiene in the Far East, which will take place in Java next summer under the auspices of the Health Organisation. Steps are being taken to ensure that strong delegations will be sent from all British Colonial dependencies concerned.