HC Deb 26 April 1877 vol 233 cc1944-5
MR. COLLINS

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether, in the event of hostilities between Russia and Turkey, Her Majesty's Government propose to make arrangements with the belligerent powers to obtain for British ships laden with cargoes, and now on passage to ports which may be blockaded, free ingress and egress to such blockaded ports?

MR. BOURKE

Sir, no information has been received of the intention on the part of either of the belligerent Powers to establish a blockade of any ports, and there has not, therefore, been any occasion to make such arrangements as those referred to in the Question; but the matter will be borne in mind by Her Majesty's Government.