asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Persian Oil Company has been given a monopoly for prospecting oil in Iraq; and whether the King of Iraq has the power of giving oil concessions to American companies?

The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. With reference to the second part, I would refer the hon. Member to Article XI of the Treaty with King Feisal, published in October, 1922, as Command Paper No. 1757.