§ MR. T. R. BUCHANAN (Aberdeenshire, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, whether the Government intend to bring troops from India to Suakim or elsewhere to join in the Egyptian Expedition; and, whether he will secure that no part of the expenses is laid upon the Indian Exchequer?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingI have no reason to believe that the Egyptian army will prove inadequate to the task it has in hand; and, until such assistance as is suggested in the question is required, it is obviously premature to discuss the incidence of its cost.