HC Deb 17 March 1910 vol 15 cc495-6
Sir GILBERT PARKER

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he was aware that an extensive mining monopoly had recently been granted to a Belgian syndicate in the Katanga region of the Congo; and whether the conferring of such monopoly was reconcilable with the provisions of the Anglo-Congolese Convention of 1884?

Sir EDWARD GREY

I understand that a Belgian syndicate has been granted the right to prospect over a large area in the Katanga, but that no mining monopoly has been granted to the syndicate.