§ MR. DARBY GRIFFITHsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether Her Majesty's Government will make serious efforts to prevent the continuance on the part of the Pacha of Egypt, of the employment of forced labour on the Suez Canal?
§ MR. LAYARDwas understood to reply that the only answer he could give was, that this was a matter to be discussed and settled between the Turkish Government and the Pacha of Egypt.