HC Deb 25 March 1872 vol 210 cc596-7
LORD RONALD GOWER

asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether there is any probability of the pension granted by Government to Lady Mayo and her children out of the Indian Revenue being increased out of the Imperial Exchequer?

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

Sir, this Question was put on the Paper by the noble Lord on Friday last, but did not come under my notice until Saturday. It involves not only a question of the expenditure of money, but of principle, and I should not feel myself justified in answering it according to my own opinion without consulting with my Colleagues, which, in the short period I have named, I had have no opportunity of doing. Perhaps, therefore, the noble Lord will be good enough to repeat his Question on some future occasion.

LORD RONALD GOWER

said, he would do so after Easter.