§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg-to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a bridge over the Nile at Khartoum is to be constructed at a cost of £350,000; whether a contract, for the construction has yet been given to any and what firm; and, if not, whether it may be tendered for by open competition.
§ SIR E. GREYI will make inquiries.