§ 8. Sir JOHN WARDLAW-MILNEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make representations to the Government of Egypt regarding the grievances arising from the high fees demanded for permits to allow of the running of transport lorries; whether he is aware that lorry-owners were compelled to sign declarations waiving their capitulatory rights before such permits were issued; and what action has been taken in the matter by His Majesty's High Commissioner in Egypt?
§ Sir J. SIMONRepresentations have already been made to the Egyptian Prime Minister in regard to the points mentioned in the first and second parts of my hon. Friend's question, and it has been made quite clear to His Excellency that the actions of the Egyptian authorities are, in the opinion of His Majesty's Government, in certain respects illegal and a breach of the capitulatory rights of British subjects. I am awaiting the result of these representations.
§ Sir J. WARDLAW-MILNEWas this taxation put on without any consultation between the Egyptian Government and the British High Commissioner in Egypt?
§ Sir J. SIMONI should require notice of that question, but I am quite certain that the fact, if it be a fact, has been duly noted in the representations that have been made.