HC Deb 10 February 1891 vol 350 cc302-3
ADMIRAL FIELD (Sussex, Eastbourne)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether arrangements can be made for the accommodation of such Members of the House as may desire to attend the interesting ceremony at Portsmouth Dockyard on the 26th instant, when Her Majesty the Queen is expected to be present to name the two new powerful ships Royal Sovereign and Duke of Connaught, about to be added to the British Navy, now in course of construction at that dockyard; and whether Members can be accompanied by their wives or daughters?

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

Believing that certain Members of the House would desire to witness this ceremony I have had 500 places reserved for their accommodation. The Secretary of the Speaker has been good enough to undertake their distribution under the same conditions as tickets were issued for the late Reviews.

ADMIRAL FIELD

About the ladies?

LORD G. HAMILTON

I propose that every Member shall have power to take with him either a wife or a daughter.