§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether there is any truth in the reports, which have appeared in various journals, as to negotiations being carried on between Her Majesty's Government and the Government of France with regard to the re-establishment or disestablishment of the Dual Control in Egypt; and, if so, whether he will inform the House as to the nature and object of those negotiations?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEConfidential communications are passing between the English and French Governments with regard to Egypt; but the declarations made by the Prime Minister on the first night of the present Sittings of the House must prevent my making any statement with regard to their nature.
§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFasked whether these communications related to the Dual Control?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEI must ask the hon. Gentleman to exercise his own intelligence on the subject. It is not usual to make statements in this House in regard to confidential communications which are passing with foreign Governments.