HC Deb 25 March 1908 vol 186 c1433

Henry Cubitt Gooch, esquire, for the Borough of Camberwell (Peckham Division).

The hon. Member was received with cheers from the Unionist side of the House, which the Ministerialists answered with cries of "Beer, beer."

*MR. W. JOHNSON (Warwickshire, Nuneaton)

All total abstainers give a cheer!

MR. BOTTOMLEY (Hackney, S.)

On the point of order, Mr. Speaker, may I ask your ruling whether it is in order for any Member of this House to greet a new Member with offensive epithets?

*MR. SPEAKER

Certainly not; they did not reach my ears, or I should have intervened.