§ MR. J. M. ROBERTSON (Northumberland, Tyneside)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the cost of new barracks to be erected for the Army of Occupation at Cairo is to be shared between the British and Egyptian Governments; and, in that case, whether he can state in whom the ownership of the barracks will vest.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYThe Answer to the first part of the bon. Member's Question is in the negative. The existing barracks are Egyptian Government property (except a small part built by British War Office funds), and are held by the Army of Occupation so long as required for military purposes. The new barracks will also be the property of the Egyptian Government, and held on the same terms.