§ 6. Mr. HUTCHISONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the fact that the permit granted by the Persian Government to enable British aeroplanes to fly over Persia expires on 1st October next and that arrangements are being made in consequence at great expense to lay down an alternative route along the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf, whether any representations have been made to the Persian Government in this connection?
§ Mr. EDENThe decision to use the route along the Arabian coast was taken by His Majesty's Government alone, and it has therefore not been necessary to make any representations to the Persian Government for an extension after 1st October.