§ Mr. DAYasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will give particulars of conditions upon which senior British officials in the Iraq railways are serving; whether he has received communications during the previous 12 months from these officials on their conditions of contract; and will he give particulars?
§ Dr. SHIELSThe majority of the senior British officials in the Iraq railways are still serving upon the conditions embodied in contracts entered into with the Civil Administration of Iraq which preceded the formation of the Iraq Government in 1921. The answer to the second part of the question is in the affirmative. As I stated on 23rd of July in reply to the hon. Member for the Orkneys and Shetlands (Sir R. Hamilton) the position of these railway officials is the subject of active negotiations with the Iraq Government.