§ MR. THOMAS BAYLEYI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, whether the Law Officers of the Crown were consulted before Her Majesty's Government advised the Egyptian Government to use the reserve funds held by the Mixed Tribunal in payment of the present war expenses.
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYThe general reserve fund is not held by the Mixed Tribunal, as it would appear from the Question, but is under the control of the Caisse of the Public Debt. The vote to which the Caisse came was taken on their own responsibility, and accordingly there was no occasion for consulting the Law Officers of the Crown.