44. MARQUESS of TULLIBARDINEasked the hon. Member for St. George's-in-the-East, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether, in view of the fact that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has decreed that the leek is not to be the national emblem of Wales on the insurance stamp, and in view of the fact that the daffodil was used as such at the investiture of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, it is his intention to have the leek altered for the daffodil on the mosaics and escutcheons in the House of Commons; and, if not, why not?
§ Mr. WEDGWOOD BENNIn view of the apparent conflict of authorities, it is not proposed to alter the design, where it occurs in the House of Commons, of the leek or ceninen.
MARQUESS Of TULLIBARDINEMay I ask if there is any difference between the word "leek" and the word "ceninen" as translated, and may I also ask why the leek was put there originally and on what authority?
§ Mr. WEDGWOOD BENNI speak with some diffidence on this subject, but I understand that the word for leek is the same as for daffodil, with the addition of the word "pedr," meaning daffodil. I cannot tell the Noble Lord why the emblem was put up in that place.