5. Mr. LAWasked 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. HOAREM. 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. LAWCan 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. HOAREAs 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 RATHBONEIs it not the case that M. Privat is a lecturer at the University of Geneva, not a professor?
§ Sir S. HOAREI do not know.