HC Deb 12 August 1887 vol 319 c258
MR. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)

asked the First Lord of the Treasury, If he is now prepared to recommend to Her Majesty to grant a Charter to Belfast, conferring on it the style and title of "City?"

THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)

No decision has been come to, and the question is still under the consideration of Her Majesty's Government.