HC Deb 15 February 1939 vol 343 c1750W
Colonel Wedgwood

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how the conference between Arabs and Jews is proceeding?

Mr. M. MacDonald

The formal discussions on Palestine between His Majesty's Government and the Arab and Jewish Delegations respectively were opened by the Prime Minister on 7th February. At subsequent meetings general statements of the Arab and Jewish cases were made by their representatives, and detailed discussions on these statements are now proceeding.