HC Deb 28 April 1885 vol 297 c971
SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE

I will ask a Question of which I have given Notice to the Prime Minister—namely, Whether the Government have received any information as to the reported engagement between the Russians and the Afghans mentioned in this morning's newspapers?

MR. GLADSTONE

We have received no confirmation of the statements in the newspapers, and we have, indeed, no information on the subject, excepting what we have gathered from them.