HC Deb 19 May 1887 vol 315 cc509-10
MR. W. REDMOND (Fermanagh, N.)

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is true, as stated in The Standard of the 17th instant, that England and Turkey have agreed to the evacuation of Egypt in three years, on certain conditions; and, if so, what are these conditions, and when will the Government inform Parliament as to the instructions given by the Cabinet to Sir Henry Drummond Wolff?

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

I am unable to give the hon. Member any information on the subject.

MR. W. REDMOND

Might I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to conceal all information from Parliament?

MR. SPEAKER

Order, order!