§ MR. STANLEY LEIGHTON (Shropshire, Oswestry)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is intended to ask His Highness the Khedive to give "the bronze star" to the troops employed in the Nile Expedition of 1884–5, as was done in the case of the expedition to the Eastern Soudan in 1884?
THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN)&c.) (Stirling,No, Sir. The subject has been considered; but it has not been thought desirable to give effect to the suggestion contained in the Question.