BRITISH POLITICS.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
PARLIAM ENT REOPENS
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(Received this dav at 11 a.m.) LONDON, April 29. Parliament reassembled this morning alter the Easter holidays. A number of questions were on the order paper regarding important matters at issue.
The Prime Minister was asked whether he could now make any further statement in connection with the present position of disarmament, arising Jrom the recent Naval Conference and whether any further negotiations had taken place with the object of concluding a Five Power agreement, Mr MiacDonald replied:—“Regarding the first part of the question 1 can sav nothing useful, within the necosarilv restricted limits of the question and answer. As regards the second part, the answer is in the negative.” Questioned about Anglo-Russiau negotiations, Air Henderson said a temporary commercial agreement between the British and Soviet Governments \vas signed on April 16th. Negotiations were at present proceeding for the conclusion of a temporary agreement for the regulation of certain fishery questions. Negotiations would also probably be begun shortly for (the don elusion of a. definite treaty of commerce and navigation, to replace the temporary agreement already signed. Proposals of the British Government for a formal convention regarding the application of treaties, concluded with the former Imperial Russian Government, had also been communicated to tiie Soviet Government.
Negotiations regarding debt claims and counter claims, both inter governmental and private, were also being pursued. , The Secretary for India was asi<ed by Mr Baldwin (Conservative loader) whether lie could' make a statement regarding the position in India. He replied that in respect of day to day developments of the civil disobedience campaign, lie could add little to the full and on the whole accurate reports which had appeared in. the press on 27th April. The GovernorGeneral had promulgated an emergency measure of ordinance, re-enact-ing with some modification the Press Act of 1919, which was repealed in 1922. He concurred with this action. He feared he could make at present no further statements regarding the situation wliich was engaging the constant attention of His Majesty’s Government and the Government of India.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 April 1930, Page 5
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