HC Deb 04 August 1890 vol 347 cc1767-8
SIR G. CAMPBELL

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury which of Her Majesty's Ministers advises Her Majesty in matters of Precedence?

* MR. W. H. SMITH

It is not the duty of any Minister to advise Her Majesty in matters of Precedence, except when such matters may be connected with the particular Department of which he is the head.

SIR G. CAMPBELL

I wish to ask, as to a question of Precedence which has arisen with regard to the Royal Commission on the Housing of the Working Classes, to what Department should a question be addressed?

* MR. W. H. SMITH

I think that a question should be addressed to the Minister who was in office at the time, and upon whose advice the Commission was issued.