§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury why, in the official announcement of the list of Birthday honours, has that list been intituled the Prime Minister's List; what is the reason for this new departure in the form of the official announcement, and at whose suggestion 178 and on whose responsibility has it been made; and whether there is any, and, if so, what, precedent for the announcement of the list of Birthday honours as the Prime Minister's List.
§ THE PRIME MINISTER AND FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR, Manchester, E.)There was no official announcement of the kind suggested by the hon. Gentleman. I understand that the list of honours was headed in one newspaper in the way suggested, but that is not the ordinary way, and certainly it had no authority from me.