asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether Mr. A. R. Fraser, who has been elected to the Board of the Suez Canal Company, has retired, resigned or was seconded from the Civil Service.

No, Sir. Mr. Fraser remains a civil servant. He is Commercial Minister at the British Embassy at Paris, and took up the appointment of British Government Resident Director of the Suez Canal Company in October last, in addition to his other duties, without additional emoluments.