MR. GIBSON BOWLES (Lynn Regis)To ask the First Lord of the Treasury, in view of the statement by the Secretary of State for the Home Department that the grant of decorations and orders rests solely with His Majesty the King, will he state whether his Majesty's Ministers hold themselves as having no duty to advise His Majesty on such matters, and no responsibility for such grants.
(Answered by Mr. A. J. Balour.) There are certain decorations—for example, the Royal Victorian Order—which are absolutely at the personal disposition of the Sovereign. As regards others, there seems to be nothing to add to what I have already said in answer to the lion. Member on the same subject.