§ Mr. HARWOODasked the Secretary for Foreign Affairs if he will consult with the chief authorities of Egypt as to the advisability of a large organised attempt being made to develop the Soudan as one of the likeliest portions of the world to furnish that supply of cotton for lack of which one of the greatest trades in this country is now suffering loss and is also threatened with decline?
Mr. McKINNON WOODI have no reason to doubt that the Soudan authorities are fully alive to the desirability of developing cotton growing in that country so far as their means allow. I can add nothing further to the reply to my hon. Friend's question of 7th July.