§ MR. JENNINGS (Stockport)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether there is any truth in 1147 the report that, there is a deficit in the Egyptian Budget; and, if so, what is the amount of such deficit, and whether it is to be mot from Egyptian or British funds?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)Until the year is completed, and the accounts of the year's Expenditure and Revenue have been received, it is impossible to say with certainty what surplus or deficit there may be. But the deficit, if there is one, will not be met out of British funds.