HC Deb 17 November 1908 vol 196 c1038
MR. J. M. ROBERTSON

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the refusal to extend the legislative powers of the Legislative Council and General Assembly in Egypt, he will recommend to the Egyptian Government the expediency of appointing a committee to inquire into the working of the judicial, police, educational, and other departments of the administration, with a view to their amendment.

SIR EDWARD GREY

The hon. Member will see from Sir Eldon Gorst's recent Report on Egypt and the Soudan that the questions to which he refers are occupying the serious attention of the Egyptian Government; and I do not think that in the present circumstance any useful purpose would be served by making the particular proposal suggested in the Question.