HC Deb 07 March 1872 vol 209 cc1527-8
MR. KINNAIRD

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is true that it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to place at the disposal of the Pope a residence at Malta or in any other portion of Her Majesty's Dominions?

VISCOUNT ENFIELD

Sir, Her Majesty's Government have received no certain information as to the intention of the Pope to quit Rome, and no application has been made to Her Majesty's Government to place at the disposal of His Holiness a residence either at Malta or in any other portion of Her Majesty's Dominions.