HC Deb 13 February 1888 vol 322 cc257-8
MR. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)

asked the First Lord of the Treasury, If Her Majesty's Government are able to comply with the Memorial presented from the Town Council of Belfast, praying that Belfast might have conferred on it the style and title of "City?"

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

The question of conferring the title of "City" on the town of Belfast is still under the consideration of Her Majesty's Government.