Oral Answers to Questions — Naval and Military Pensions and Grants. – in the House of Commons at on 24 July 1923.
asked the Lord Privy Seal when he proposes to make a statement on the recent proceedings of the Council of the League of Nations; and if he will state what is the present position with regard to the collecting of information on conditions in the Saar Valley for the League?
The hon. and gallant Member will recognise that it does not rest with me to say when any special business shall be taken in this House. A report on the last meeting of the Council was laid on the Table of the House yesterday. The Secretary-General of the League is still responsible, as heretofore, for collecting information on conditions in the Saar territory for the use of the Council.
But do I understand there is any independent official of the League who enters the Saar Valley to report or inspect?
There is nothing to prevent his going into the Saar Valley, and, in fact, an official of the League does go into the Saar Valley from time to time.
Will the Paper to which the Noble Lord referred be circulated to Members, or lie upon the Table of the House?
It will certainly be circulated.