§ Mr. JOHN ROBERTSONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether the Egyptian Government has in contemplation a public loan which shall not be under the control of the Caisse de la Dette; whether such loan was proposed in connection with the development of the Soudan; and, if so, whether there was any connection between the proposed borrowing operation and any financial transaction between the Khedival Government and the Suez Canal Company?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir Edward Grey)It may possibly be necessary, in the future, to raise a loan, the proceeds of which would be applied to the development of the Soudan, but so far as I am aware no definite project of the kind is at this moment in contemplation.