§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the Khedivial Mail Steamship Company, which posseses the monopoly of carrying Egyptian pilgrims, kept them waiting upwards of ten days at Suez without food or shelter before allowing them to embark; and will he consider the desirability of representing to the Government of Egypt the expediency of communicating with the steamship company on the subject, with a view to prevent a similar cause for complaint in future pilgrimages.
THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Earl PEHCY, Kensington, S.); If the hon. Member will furnish me with full particulars inquiry will be made, but matters of this kind primarily concern the Egyptian authorities, and do not seem to call for the intervention of His Majesty's Government.