§ MR. MEYSEY-THOMPSON (Staffordshire, Handsworth)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is now in a position to state to the House that he is prepared to recognise in a substantial form the brave action of those who risked and in cases lost their lives in the attempt at rescue in the Hamstead Colliery disaster.
§ MR. GLADSTONEFive of the men engaged in the rescue operations have been awarded Edward medals of the first class, and one the medal of the second class. The medals were presented to the recipients by His Majesty at the investure on Tuesday last. The medal of the first class has also been awarded to the widow of John Welsby, a member of the Altofts rescue party, who lost his life in the attempt to rescue the men in the mine.