§ MR. BRYCE (Aberdeen, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether he can state what is the present position of the negotiations with the Governments of Tibet and of China regarding Sikkim, and what prospect there is of a settlement of the questions that have arisen and a restoration of peaceful relations with Tibet?
SIR J. GORSTMy noble Friend the Secretary of State has asked me to say that no statement on this matter can at present be made without detriment to the Public Service.
§ MR. BRYCEMay I ask the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether any Parliamentary Papers on this subject can be laid before Parliament within a reasonable time in the course of the next few months?
§ * SIR J. FERGUSSONI do not think that it will be possible to present Papers on the subject during the present Session.