§ 13. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has obtained any information showing to what extent the student riots in Egypt are due to Italian anti-British propaganda in that country?
§ 21. Mr. DALTONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he 1384 will make a statement on the latest developments in Egypt; and whether the High Commissioner has now been instructed to withdraw the advice which he recently tendered against the restoration of the Constitution of 1923?
§ Mr. EDENAs the hon. Member is aware from reports in the press, the United Front in Egypt has communicated to Sir Miles Lampson a note ending with a request for the conclusion of the Treaty negotiated in 1930. The High Commissioner has communicated the contents of this note to His Majesty's Government, and the question is now being examined. His Majesty's Government still hold that the restoration of the 1923 Constitution is not in the best interests of the Egyptian people. As, however, a mistaken impression still existed in Egypt, in spite of the assurances given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in this House, that their advice on the subject amounted to a veto, they instructed His Majesty's High Commissioner in Cairo to dispel that impression. Sir M. Lampson has been successful in achieving this object.
§ 70. Mr. GALLACHERasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what is the purpose of the visit of the Inspector-General of the Royal Air Force to Egypt, and his presentation to the King of Egypt by the British High Commissioner; is it proposed that he shall visit the Sudan; and whether he can state the total number of aerodromes and landing grounds with which the Sudan has been equipped, and the total establishment of the Royal Air Force in the Sudan?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for AIR (Sir Philip Sassoon)Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham is temporarily in command of the Royal Air Force, Middle East, and his presentation to His Majesty the King of Egypt was in accordance with customary usage. The answer to the second part of the question is in the affirmative, the Sudan being in the area of the Middle East Command. As regards the last part of the question, it would not be in the public interest to supply the information desired.