Oral Answers to Questions — League of Nations (Coal Supplies).

– in the House of Commons at on 18 March 1929.

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Photo of Mr Wilfred Wellock Mr Wilfred Wellock , Stourbridge

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asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the findings of the Committee of Experts which has been inquiring into the coal question; what procedure is to be adopted with respect to this Report; and when is it expected the matter will come up for discussion in the Council of the League of Nations?

Photo of Mr Austen Chamberlain Mr Austen Chamberlain , Birmingham West

The experts will not themselves make any report. Their function was to inform and advise a sub-committee of the Economic Committee to whom the Council of the League had referred the question. The Economic Committee will, I believe, be making an interim report to the next meeting of the Council.