§ Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence 1806W whether Palestine will now take the place of Egypt in our system of defence; and is the Government doing anything to strengthen the pro-British section of the population of that country
§ Sir T. INSKIPOur system of defence has not been weakened under the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty. The second part of the question does not therefore arise.