§ LORD EUSTACE CECILasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether any Supplementary Estimate or Vote of Credit will be presented to the House, before the Prorogation, to defray the cost of any expedition that may be necessary for the relief of General Gordon and the defence of Egypt?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONI am in communication with the Chancellor of the Exchequer as to the necessity for a Supplementary Estimate on the subject; and I would ask the noble Lord to postpone his Question for a few days, until a decision is arrived at. If it should become necessary to have a Supplementary Estimate at all, there will be an explanatory statement on the part of the Government.
§ LORD EUSTACE CECILsaid, he would repeat his Question on Thursday.