HC Deb 04 March 1898 vol 54 c618
MR. J. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is yet in a position to report when the lighting of the Red Sea, declared to be absolutely necessary at Mocha and at other places in that neighbourhood, will be proceeded with; and what are the real difficulties in the way of carrying out this urgent work?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. G. N. CURZON,) Lancashire, Southport

Proposals for establishing these lights have been made to the Maritime Powers, but their answers have not as yet all been received.