HC Deb 12 August 1909 vol 9 cc635-6
Mr. STAVELEY-HILL

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the complaint of English manufacturers that samples supplied with the tenders for the supply of ironmongery for buildings and furniture for the Egyptian State railways are of French manufacture, and consequently offer difficulties for English manufacturers to work to; and whether he can suggest to the Egyptian Government a method by which English manufacturers shall no longer be under any disability in tendering?

The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir Edward Grey)

I have not heard of the complaint to which the hon. Member alludes, but if he will give me particulars I will inquire.