§ MR. HENNIKER HEATONI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies the date of the Ordinance 1049 providing that Ministers and others entitled to the prefix "Honourable" in any of the self-governing Colonies should receive the same designation in this Country; and whether Members of the legislative councils in the Crown Colonies are excluded from the scope of the Ordinance; and, if so, whether the Secretary of State will recommend that they shall rank during their stay in England in all respects as if they were from a self-governing Colony.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, Poplarsaid, there is no Oordinance providing that Ministers and others entitled to the prefix "Honourable" in self-governing Colonies should receive the same designation in this country; but in June 1893 the Queen—to quote The London Gazette—
approved of the use and recognition throughout Her Majesty's dominions of the title of Honourable at present only appertaining locally to Members of executive or legislative councils in Colonies possessing responsible government for so long as they main remain entitled thereto, whether for life or during tenure of the qualifying office.