HC Deb 23 May 1932 vol 266 cc3-4
5. Mr. LAW

asked the Secretary of State for India how long Monsieur Edmond Privat was in India; and whether the Secretary of State was consulted before passport facilities were granted to him?

Sir S. HOARE

M. Privat was in India for six weeks at the beginning of this year. The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative.

Mr. LAW

Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether the reports in the Press are true that M. Privat is a professor of Geneva University and has been a delegate of the Swiss Government on the Council of the League of Nations?

Sir S. HOARE

As far as my information goes, M. Privat is not a professor of the University of Geneva and has never represented the Swiss Government at the League of Nations. I believe that on one or two occasions he represented the Persian Government.

Miss RATHBONE

Is it not the case that M. Privat is a lecturer at the University of Geneva, not a professor?

Sir S. HOARE

I do not know.

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