HC Deb 23 July 1919 vol 118 c1527

Resolution reported. That it is expedient to authorise the Treasury to guarantee the payment of interest on a loan to be raised by the Government of the Soudan not exceeding an amount sufficient to raise £6,000,000 and to charge on the Consolidated Fund any moneys required to fulfil such guarantee.

Resolution agreed to; Bill ordered to be brought in upon the said Resolution by Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Baldwin, and Mr. Harsmworth.

GOVERNMENT OF THE SOUDAN LOAN (GUARANTEE) BILL, —"to authorise the Treasury to guarantee the payment of interest on a loan to be raised by the Government of the Soudan," presented accordingly, and read the first time; to be read a second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 148.]