§ MR. PUGHasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the attention of Her Majesty's Government has been directed to the action of the International Sanitary Board in Egypt, and in particular to the recent reimposition of quarantine, owing to an alleged outbreak of cholera in India; and, whether Her Majesty's Government have taken or will take any steps to prevent the constantly recurring inconvenience and loss caused to Her Majesty's subjects by such action?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEYes, Sir; the attention of Her Majesty's Government has been directed to the action of the International Sanitary Board and to the recent re-imposition of quarantine owing to an alleged outbreak of cholera in India. Her Majesty's Government fully recognize the inconvenience and loss occasioned thereby, and they are taking steps which it is hoped may suffice to remedy these evils.