§ 14. Sir FRANK SANDERSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that numbers of Arabs who inhabit Egypt fear that the schemes for the development of the Sudan by irrigation and the building of a dam and harnessing the waters of the Blue Nile will impair Egyptian territory, more particularly during the seasons of a deficiency of water rising in the Nile, he will consider what steps should be taken to allay their fears upon this point?
§ Mr. McNEILLHaving regard to the fact that the only irrigation scheme on the Blue Nile at present under construction or in contemplation was prepared by the Egyptian Ministry of Public Works, approved by an international commission of experts, and authorised by the Egyptian Government, no further steps of the nature suggested are considered necessary.