§ MR. J. M. ROBERTSON (Northumberland, Tyneside)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make inquiry as to the different schemes of drainage for Cairo which the authorities had under consideration before deciding on the scheme now on foot, and as to whether any, and what, committee of sanitary officers inquired into the matter; and whether he will advise that opportunity be given for a preliminary public discussion of a scheme involving the expenditure of £2,000,000.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir EDWARD GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickI am asking the British Representative at Cairo to send a Report on this question, as to the schemes considered and the decision arrived at; but I do not see that a public discussion of rival schemes is the best method of arriving at a sound conclusion on a subject which must in the main be one to be decided by expert advice.