§ MR. ONSLOW (for Sir TREVOR LAWRENCE)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether the Egyptian War Medal has been already distributed to all the British troops entitled to it, and when it will be distributed to the Indian troops who served with them; whether it is the case that the authorities in India concerned in this matter are still engaged in settling differences as to the pattern of the paper on which the Medal Rolls are to be submitted; and, whether, inasmuch as the Afghan Medal for the campaign of 1879–80 was only distributed to Indian troops this year, he will take steps to see that the Egyptian Medal is distributed to them without unnecessary delay?
§ MR. J. K. CROSSSir, the preparation of medal rolls requires great care, and is necessarily a work of time. Those for Egypt have been nearly all received, and the medals have either been already despatched, or are under immediate despatch. There is no reason to suppose that there will be any delay in their distribution.