HC Deb 10 November 1882 vol 274 c1199
MR. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT

asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether it is the intention of the Government to employ the Queen's Forces to suppress the Military rebellion in the Soudan against His Highness the Khedive, in order to preserve that province from the Military violence of the False Prophet?

MR. GLADSTONE

No, Sir. Her Majesty's Government have no intention of employing the Queen's Forces to suppress the military movement in the Soudan.