HC Deb 18 October 1944 vol 403 cc2396-7W
Mr. J. J. Lawson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that a citizen of this country, of whom he has received details, has received no news from a relative in Egypt for more than a year, and that all attempts to send messages have been frustrated; and what steps he proposes to take in the matter.

Mr. Law

Yes, Sir. In this case the relative in Egypt is an Egyptian subject, and His Majesty's Government cannot with propriety intervene if the Egyptian Government choose to prevent correspondence from reaching or leaving an Egyptian subject in Egypt.