§ MR. RIDSDALE (Brighton)To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Foreign Office have any detailed information with regard to the scheme prepared by the Egyptian Government for the drainage of Cairo; whether certain portions of the scheme necessitate the adoption of one particular patent; and, if so, whether he will advise the Egyptian Government to throw the whole scheme open to competition and give full consideration to alternative methods.
(Answered by Secretary Sir Edward Grey.) I beg to refer you to the reply which I returned to the Question asked by the hon. Member for the Tyneside Division of Northumberland on the 7th instant. I have not yet received any further information.