§ MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)To ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the rights possessed by His Majesty's Government in southern Persia that are admitted by that country; are these rights to be found in any agreement signed by Persia; and do they include the right of His Majesty's Government to forbid the grant of Persian territory for coaling stations and ports to any other Power.
(Answered by Lord Cranborne.) My reply to the hon. Member for Barnsley on 23rd February† and to the hon. Gentleman himself on 27th May,‡ and the statement made by Lord Lansdowne in
†See (4) Debates, cxviii., 484.‡See page 12.216 another place on 5th May,† contain information bearing upon the hon. Gentleman's Question. It would not be for the public interest that I should make any further reply.