Mr. BONWICKasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the elections for a constituent assembly, which the High Commissioner of Iraq promised on the formation of a provincial government in 1920, and which Mr. Winston Churchill stated in June, 1921, in the House of Commons, were required as a preliminary to the enthronement of King Feisal, have yet been held; and, if not, whether he can name a date on which they will be held?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GORENo, Sir, it has not yet been found practicable to hold the elections for the Constituent Assembly. So long as the question of the Northern frontier of Iraq remains unsettled I do not think that it will be possible to fix a date.