§ Mr. RAMSAY MACDONALDasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether his attention had been drawn to the proposal of Dr. Graham, the Director-General of the Public Health Department, Cairo, to take the water supply for the town from a point in the Nile below the town; whether the Foreign Office had any power to prevent the carrying out of this scheme; and whether it was possible for the Foreign Office to consult the previous directors of the Public Health Department, like Sir Horace Pinching, on Dr. Graham's proposal?
§ Sir E. GREYI would refer the hon. Member to pages 34 and 35 of the Report from His Majesty's Agent and Consul-General at Cairo for the year 1909, where the subject is fully dealt with. His Majesty's Government do not propose to address the Egyptian Government with regard to this question, which, as the hon. Member will see, has been so thoroughly investigated by the most competent experts in Egypt.