§ Colonel HOWARD-BURYasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, and on what date before it is signed, he will lay the terms of the draft agreement of the Dead Sea concession, with all its clauses, upon the Table of the House?
§ Mr. AMERYIt is not the practice to submit the terms of such agreements to Parliament prior to execution, and I should see no reason in the present case for departing from the usual procedure, had it not been that a reply given by me to a supplementary question on 11th June last might be held by my hon. and gallant Friend to constitute a pledge. I am laying a Paper containing the terms of the draft agreement.