§ 49. Mr. Deedesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what further progress has been made in talks with the Egyptian Government on compensation for British subjects dismissed from the service of the Egyptian Government in December, 1951.
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreThe financial talks between British and Egyptian Delegations are still in progress in Rome, and our Delegation will continue to urge a settlement of these officials' claims. I cannot make any statement about the progress of the talks today.
§ Lady Gammansasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what immediate prospect of relief he can offer the former British officials of the Egyptian Government who were expelled in 1951, and whose savings have been considerably diminished during the six years that their claims have been pressed, so far unsuccessfully, with the Egyptian Government.
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreThe position of the former British officials dismissed by the Egyptian Government in 1951, and the action taken by Her Majesty's Government to assist them, were fully described in reply to Questions from my hon. Friend the Member for Chigwell (Mr. Biggs-Davison) and from the hon. Member for Erith and Crayford (Mr. Dodds) on 30th October. I have nothing to add to that statement and to the reply given more recently on 13th November in answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Mr. Kershaw).