§ MR. BILL (Staffordshire, Leek)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether, now that the frontier medal has been granted to the troops engaged in the Hazara Expeditious of 1882 and 1891, the India Office will re-consider the question whether the frontier medal should not also be granted to the troops that took part in the Zhob Valley Expedition of 1884?
* MR. GEORGE RUSSELLIn 1885 the then Under Secretary of State explained in the House that the circumstances of the Zhob Valley Expedition were not held to warrant the grant of the medal; and a similar answer has since then been given to the questions which have from time to time been asked on the subject. The Secretary of State sees no reason for re-considering the decision in the fact that a medal was given for the Hazara Expedition.