HC Deb 25 July 1887 vol 317 c1890
MR. F. S. STEVENSON (Suffolk, Eye)

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he is now in a position to inform the House when Moukhtar Pasha will leave Egypt?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)

No, Sir, I cannot give any information on the subject.

MR. F. S. STEVENSON

asked, whether Her Majesty's Government had taken any steps to induce the Porte to procure the speedy withdrawal of Moukhtar Pasha from Egypt?

SIR JAMES FERGUSSON

I think the House will see that it would be a very grave matter to put pressure on the Porte to withdraw its officer from a part of its own territory.