HC Deb 20 October 1902 vol 113 cc220-1
MR. GIBSON BOWLES

To ask the First Lord of the Treasury, whether the Royal Prerogative of conferring orders and honorific distinctions is exercised by His Majesty upon the advice of His Majesty's Ministers, or otherwise.

(Answered by Mr. A. J. Balfour.) I trust that my hon. friend will not think it necessary to deal by way of Question with the subject of Prerogative.