That the joint letter of Lord Balfour, Lloyd George and General Smuts calling for a new commission to investigate the workings of the Palestine Mandate is receiving the attention of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald was revealed yesterday in the House of Commons.
In response to a question from Sir Archibald Sinclair whether a commission to inquire into questions of major policy affecting the future administration of the Palestine Mandate will be set inasmuch as such questions lie outside of the terms of reference of the present. Shaw Commission, Premier MacDonald replied that he had seen the proposal in a letter under influential signatures which command his most careful attention, but that there are however, important considerations which must be carefully weighed before deciding. The Prime Minister declared that the subject of a new commission is clearly outside of the terms of reference of the Shaw Commission and cannot be made part of its report.
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