HC Deb 18 March 1887 vol 312 c730
MR. BUCHANAN (Edinburgh, W.)

asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the Indian Government intend to station a Force of Observation on the Pishin Frontier; if so, what is amount of the Force, and with what object is it being massed on the road to Candahar; and, will the Secretary of State promise that Parliament shall be informed before orders are issued to any such Force to cros3 the Afghan Frontier?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)

The Secretary of State has received no information which in any way corroborates the report referred to in the Question.

MR. BUCHANAN

Will the hon. and learned Gentleman answer the second part of my Question?

SIR JOHN GORST

The hon. Gentleman cannot expect any assurance when the grounds on which he asks for it are quite baseless.