HC Deb 05 May 1885 vol 297 c1645
MR. PULESTON

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he can conveniently give the House any information as to the progress of the Suez Canal Convention; and, whether it is true that it has been decided to allow each Power to have two ships of war to be stationed permanently at each end of the Canal?

LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICE

Pending the deliberations of the Conference at Paris, it would not be convenient or customary to make any statement with regard to these proceedings.