HC Deb 03 May 1881 vol 260 c1665
SIR WILFRID LAWSON

Mr. Speaker, I wish to put a Question to you on a point of Order with reference to the Motion to be proposed on Monday next by the Prime Minister for the erection of a Monument to the late Earl of Beaconsfield. It is stated in the Journals of the House that the Queen's recommendation of that Motion has been signified. It is, I believe, Sir, a Rule of this House that when the Sovereign is pleased to make a recommendation, such recommendation is signified by a Minister of the Crown. I desire to ask you, Sir, whether Her Majesty's recommendation has been duly signified to this House; and, if so, when it was so signified?

MR. SPEAKER

Her Majesty's recommendation was, upon the occasion referred to, duly signified to this House by a Privy Councillor in this House. If I remember rightly, that Privy Councillor was Lord Richard Grosvenor.