1930 Imperial Conference | |
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Host country | United Kingdom |
Date | 1 October 1930– 14 November 1930 |
Cities | London |
Heads of State or Government | 8 |
Chair | Ramsay MacDonald (Prime Minister) |
Follows | 1926 |
Precedes | 1932 |
Key points | |
The 1930 Imperial Conference was the sixth Imperial Conference bringing together the prime ministers of the dominions of the British Empire. It was held in London.[1] The conference was notable for producing the Statute of Westminster, which established legislative equality for the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire with Great Britain, thereby marking the effective legislative independence of these countries.[1] Economic relations within the British Empire was also a key topic with proposals for a system of Imperial preference - empire-wide trade barriers against foreign (i.e. non-empire) goods. These proposals were further discussed at the British Empire Economic Conference in 1932.