§ 7. Lieut.-Colonel Macnamaraasked the Prime Minister whether he can give the House any report on Italian activities in the Yemen; and whether His Majesty's Government are keeping a close watch so that the Yemen does not suffer the same fate in the Red Sea as Albania did in the Adriatic?
§ Mr. ButlerOur information does not show that there has recently been any special Italian activity in the Yemen. His Majesty's Government keep closely in touch with the situation in this part of the world.
§ Lieut-Colonel MacnamaraDo His Majesty's Government look upon the Yemen as an Italian sphere of influence?
§ Mr. ButlerI think that a definition of the interest which is taken by His Majesty's Government in this part of the world is set out in Annexe III of the Anglo-Italian Agreement, to which I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend.