HC Deb 18 June 1889 vol 337 c124
MR. CHANNING

I wish to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty if it has been definitely settled that the Naval Review is to take place on the next Bank Holiday, and as that day would be most inconvenient to Members, whether there is any possibility of altering it?

THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Lord G. HAMILTON,) Middlesex, Ealing

There is not to be a Naval Review in the ordinary sense of the term. There is to be an inspection of vessels in commission. The date of the inspection has been fixed for the 5th of August which, I believe, is Bank Holiday, and although I am sorry that that day will be inconvenient to Members of Parliament, it must be remembered that it is convenient to the general public.