§ MR. YERBURGH (Chester)To ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that Mr. Ames was among the British subjects who were applicants for the post of British Vice-Consul at Montreux; and that he was recommended by the British Minister; and, seeing that no British subject who applied for the post was found to be duly qualified for it, will he state in what respect Mr. Ames was not duly qualified; and what are the due qualifications for the post.
(Answered by Lord Cranborne I am aware that Mr. Ames was an applicant for the post of British Vice-Consul at Montreux; it is not the case that he was recommended by the British Minister; and the information which reached the Foreign Office induced the Secretary of State to think that he was not the candidate best qualified for the post.