HC Deb 04 August 1887 vol 318 c1171
MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any Report has been received of the recent case of the shooting of two Fellahs in Egypt by a British officer, and the subsequent flogging of several of the inhabitants of the village where it occurred by British soldiers; whether any explanation has been given in the Report (if received) as to the law in Egypt with regard to the flogging of Natives by British soldiers; and, whether, if any Report or despatch upon the subject has been received, he will present it to the House?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Man- 1172 chester, N.E.)

No Report has been received at the Foreign Office of any such incident since that which happened in March last, and of which I gave a very full account in reply to a Question from the hon. Member for Kirkcaldy (Sir George Campbell) on the 14th of April.

MR. LABOUCHERE

asked, whether the answer given to the hon. Member for Kirkcaldy was not on information received by telegraph; and whether a detailed Report of the circumstances had not since been received?

SIR JAMES FERGUSSON

said, his impression, speaking from memory, was that the account he gave to the House was from a detailed Report. If the hon. Gentleman wished to wove for Papers there would be no objection, to giving them.