10. Mr. L'ESTRANGE MALONEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any statement to make concerning the situation in Egypt?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINNo, Sir. I have no statement to make on recent events in Egypt, in which His Majesty's Government had no part.
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINHis Majesty's Government carefully refrained, and Lord Lloyd carefully refrained, from tendering any advice, bearing in mind the statement of policy which is embodied in a despatch of mine, No. 2, Command Paper 3097, the relevant passage of which I read again and re-affirmed in answer to a question by the right hon. Member the Leader of the Opposition on the last Debate which took place in this House.