§ 1. Colonel CLIFTON BROWNasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to continue the grant in aid of the English school at Cairo after the expiration of the seven-year period for which it was originally made?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Arthur Henderson)The grant was originally made with the object of enabling the school to tide over the difficult initial period until it could become self-supporting. It is impossible at this stage to say whether this object will have been attained by 1933, when it is at present contemplated that the grant should terminate, for although attendance has greatly increased many of the children are such as would receive free or assisted education in this country. The increase of numbers has imposed a heavy strain on the school's revenue, and great efforts are being made locally to raise an endowment fund to take the place of the present grant when it ultimately expires.
§ Mr. HENDERSONAt such a distance as that, it, is nearly impossible for me to say.