HC Deb 01 March 1906 vol 152 c1288
GILBERT PARKER

To ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if Imperial troops are to be employed in the disturbed districts of Natal.

MR. HICKS BEACH (Gloucestershire, Tewkesbury)

To ask the Secretary of State for War if Imperial troops are to be employed in the disturbed districts of Natal.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) I will reply at the same time to a similar Question put by the hon. Member for the Tewkesbury Division of Gloucestershire. The 2nd Battalion Cameron Highlanders has been sent to Natal from Pretoria, and there are about 200 men of the Royal Garrison Regiment at Pietermaritzburg. These troops are available for employment in the disturbed districts if required.