§ 43. Mr. EVERARDasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any negotiations are taking place with the Iraq Government with regard to the claims of the Iraq railway officials?
§ Dr. SHIELSYes, Sir. Negotiations are being actively pursued.
§ Mr. EVERARDMay I ask whether any agreement is going to be come to during the lifetime of this Commission?
§ Dr. SHIELSYes, in my answer I have said that negotiations are at present being actively pursued.
§ Sir ROBERT HAMILTONIs my hon. Friend aware that that is similar to the answer he gave me some little time ago. May I ask him whether our representative in Iraq is having kept before him the desirability of bringing these negotiations to a satisfactory conclusion?
§ Dr. SHIELSYes, Sir. The High Commissioner is very actively engaged in this matter and is hoping to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion. The hon. Member will understand that it is difficult for me in the midst of these negotiations to give a more definite answer than I have given.