HC Deb 18 November 1902 vol 114 cc1241-2
MR. CALDWELL (Lanarkshire, Mid)

I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will, prior to the Second Reading of the Osborne Estate Bill, lay upon the Table of the House and print and circulate as a Parliamentary Paper, an excerpt from the will of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria in so, far as it relates to that estate.

MR. RITCHIE

The will of the Sovereign is not open to inspection, and. so no part of it can be made public. The purport of the Clauses relating to the Osborne estate is recited in the Preamble to the Bill.