§ MR. CATHCART WASON (Orkney and Shetland)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if any further offer of territory has been made to the Zionists in East Africa beyond that made by the Foreign Office in 1902; if he is aware that the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs stated that the House would have the opportunity of considering the matter before being finally determined; and if he will lay upon the Table of the House full particulars of the original offer, of the report of the Zionist expedition on the said offer, and also particulars of any additional or modified offer he may have made.
§ MR. LYTTELTONNo additional or modified offer of territory has been made. I am aware that the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs stated in the House on the 27th of June † last year
† See (4) Debates, exxxvi., 1241.550 that the Papers relating to the negotiations with the Zionists would be laid before a final decision was arrived at, and I shall, of course, bear that pledge in mind.