§ MR. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to a conference consisting of the representatives of seventeen Governments assembled in Egypt to consider cotton and Bourse gambling in that country; and, if so, will he say whether he can arrange that reports of the proceedings will be furnished to the House.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) I am aware that the organisation of the Egyptian courts (which is reconsidered once in five years) is under discussion by a mixed Commission, and that one of the subjects proposed for consideration by the Commission was legislation on futures. When the Commission has concluded its deliberations, His Majesty's Government will ascertain from the Khedivial Government how far any portion of its Report referring to this subject can be published.