§ MR. BOURKEasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether, having regard to the answer given by the First Lord of the Treasury last Friday, the time has not now arrived for the production of the Papers relating to Egyptian Finance, "without the consent of others concerned?"
The following Question also stood upon the Paper in the name of Mr. DIXON-HARTLAND:—
To ask the First Lord of the Treasury, If he has seen the telegram from Cairo in The Times of Saturday, which says 'The financial arrangement appears to he quite settled if not signed;' and, whether such financial arrangements are settled; and, if so, how soon they will be submitted to the House?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEsaid, the two Questions referred to the same subject, and he would give the same answer.
§ MR. DIXON-HARTLANDsaid, his Question was so utterly mutilated by the way it had been altered at the Table that he declined to put it as it appeared on the Paper.
§ MR. SPEAKERsaid, what the hon. Member stated to be mutilation was the omission of a newspaper comment, which was couched in strong language, and did not contain a mere statement of fact.
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEIn reply to the right hon. Member for 883 King's Lynn (Mr. Bourke), I beg to say that it is expected that the Financial Agreement will be signed very shortly, and the Papers and the Agreement will be laid on the Table together.