HC Deb 30 October 1957 vol 575 cc55-6W
70. Mr. P. Williams

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress is being made in the attempt to secure the release of the two British subjects presently being held prisoners in Egypt.

71. Major Wall

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what further steps Her Majesty's Government are taking to secure the release of the two British subjects imprisoned by the Egyptian Government at the time of the Suez crisis.

Mr. Ormsby-Gore

Her Majesty's Government have pressed, and will continue to press, the Egyptian Government through the Swiss authorities for the release of Mr. Zarb and Mr. Swinburn.