§ 2. Colonel DAYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give the figures of the estimate which was made on behalf of His Majesty's Government for the purpose of controlling, by agreement with the Abyssinian Government, the water supplies of Egypt and the Sudan?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir Austen Chamberlain)His Majesty's Government have not procured any estimate of this kind, and I presume that what the hon. Member has in mind is the rough estimate of rather more than £2,000,000 prepared by Messrs. Grabham and Black in 19201–21. These gentlemen acted on behalf of the Egyptian and Sudan Governments, but considerably more local investigation is necessary before the most suitable type of regulator or its cost can be finally determined.