§ Major ANSTRUTHER-GRAYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will instruct His Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburg to request the Russian Government to allow the official presence of the British Consul and 670W to arrange for the presence of a British K.C., with a watching brief, and a trustworthy interpreter at the forthcoming trial of Miss Malecka?
§ Sir E. GREYThe question of Miss Malecka's nationality has been carefully considered in consultation with the Law Officers of the Crown. The conclusion is that Miss Malecka, notwithstanding that she is undoubtedly a British subject in the view of British law, is also a Russian subject in the view of Russian law; and, consequently, the claim that she should be treated as a British subject when within the Russian Empire is not maintainable. I cannot, therefore, take any steps officially on her behalf. She has, as the hon. and gallant Member is probably aware, been released on bail; and I have no reason to suppose, from such communications as have passed with the Russian Government, that she will not have full facilities for defence at the trial. More than that I cannot say at present.