§ MR. GRAYasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he would have any objection to placing in some position in the House that would be accessible to Members, a specimen of the courbash, or ordinary whip, now in use in Egypt, so as to afford Members an opportunity of inspecting it, in the same manner as they were enabled to inspect the official cat-o'-nine-tails during the discussion of the Army Discipline Bill?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEI do not think any good purpose would be served by complying with the suggestion of the hon. Member, and I hope he will not press it. A very clear distinction, which I am sure he will see, exists between what is now proposed, and what was done in the Army Discipline Act. In that case the Army Discipline Bill was under discussion in the House, and there was a large number of persons in favour of the retention of the instrument mentioned; but as regards the courbash, there is no Bill relating to it before the House. It has been abolished in Egypt, and nobody is anxious to see it restored.