MR. BRYNMOR JONES (Swansea District)I beg to ask the UnderSecretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, seeing that there has been during the last few years a continuous increase in the number of penal offences committed by natives, as shown by Lord Cromer's annual Reports, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs will advise the Egyptian Government to appoint a Commission of Inquiry into the qualification of the judicial officers, both European and Egyptian, concerned in the administration of justice, into the system of criminal procedure now in operation in Egypt, and the laws relating to penal offences in Egypt.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Earl PERCY,) Kensington, S.The Secretary of State sees no reason to interfere with the discretion of the Egyptian Government in dealing with this matter.