HC Deb 10 February 1876 vol 227 cc137-8
MR. W. E. FORSTER

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether he will lay on the Table of the House, before he brought on the Vote for the purchase of the Suez Canal Shares, the concession and statutes of the Suez Canal Company, referred to in General Stanton's despatch to Lord Derby, of December 11, 1875, and also the Firman of the Sultan confirming the concession to the Egyptian Government?

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

I shall have much pleasure, Sir, in laying the Papers on the Table of the House.