§ MR. F. S. STEVENSON (Suffolk, Eye)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any communication has been received from the ex-Sultan Abdullah of Perak, now detained in the Seychelles Islands, requesting that he may be allowed to visit England; and what objection the Colonial Office have to that course being adopted?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Baron H. de WORMS,) Liverpool, East ToxtethSuch a communication has been received, but the Secretary of State considers that no advantage would be gained by a visit of the ex-Sultan to England; and that if he were permitted to do so, false hopes might be given to him as to any re-opening of his case.