§ 88. Major CARVERasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has made any inquiry as to the reasons that have influenced the Egyptian Minister of Communications to refuse to renew the contracts of so many Englishmen at present employed in his Ministry?
Mr. A. HENDERSONAs I informed the hon. Member for Ilford (Sir G. Hamilton) on the 5th of March, the Egyptian authorities consider that the time has come to impose a further degree of responsibility upon Egyptians who for a number of years have worked under the direction of Englishmen in a subordinate capacity.