HC Deb 10 November 1908 vol 196 c25
MR. BRODIE (Surrey, Reigate)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, having regard to the fact that many British subjects now own land in Egypt, he will say whether the testamentary dispositions of British subjects are governed by Ottoman or British law.

(Answered by Secretary Sir Edward Grey.) If the Question is meant to refer to the testamentary dispositions of British subjects relating to land in Egypt, the Answer is that at present the Ottoman law is applied.