§ MR. HOWELL (Bethnal Green, N.E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give to the House any information as to the rumoured extradition of Jabez Spencer Balfour; and, if not, whether he can assure the House that the Government are taking all practicable steps to ensure his arrest under the warrant issued for his apprehension?
§ *SIR E. GREYWe have no information that the extradition has been con- 557 ceded, but I can assure the hon. Member that all practicable steps in the matter have been, and will be, taken.