§ MR. H. C. RICHARDS (Finsbury, E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War if any recognition is to be made of the services of the Rectors of Mafeking and Ladysmith rendered by them and their clergy to Her Majesty's troops and beleaguered inhabitants during the protracted siege of those towns.
* MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMS (for Mr. WYNDHAM)As I have explained to the House in reply to questions of a similar nature, it is not possible to take up matters of this kind at the present time.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLWhy not recommend them to Lord Salisbury for commissions?