§ MR. WOOTTON ISAACSON (Tower Hamlets, Stepney)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the Government intend to renew their proposals concerning the taxation of foreigners in Egypt, according to the plans which were submitted by the Egyptian Government to all the Foreign Powers, and which proposal had at that time received the favourable notice from the then Special Commissioner of the English Government in Egypt?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) () Manchester, N.E.The policy of Her Majesty's Government is to procure the extension of taxation in Egypt to foreign residents equally with natives. The realization of this endeavour is attended with delay; but the House Tax has now been applied to all foreigners with retrospective effect, and Her Majesty's Government will do all in their power to procure the acceptance of the rest.