§ MR. CATHCART WASON (Orkney and Shetland)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can state whether any negotiations are pending with France with reference to the-cession of Sierra Leone and its hinterland in return for the cession of French interests in the New Hebrides.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYAs I stated yesterday I had not heard this Question suggested before the statement appeared in the Press the other day, and the Answer is in the negative.