§ MR. PROVAND (Glasgow, Blackfriars)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if he has any information as to the reported failure of the Belgium Syndicate to fulfil the conditions attached to the concession for the Pekin-Hankow Railway; and whether, in consequence of this, the concession has been or is to be cancelled or regranted to other parties.
§ MR. BRODRICKNo information has reached us officially to the effect of the honourable Member's question.