§ 35. Mr. GOLDSMITHasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it has yet been decided if medals are to be given to the naval ratings who served in the Persian Gulf in 1910–12?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am not yet in a position to make any announcement on this subject.
§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEWill the right hon. Gentleman state to the House when he thinks he will be in a position to make a statement on the subject?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am just as anxious to make a statement as the hon. Gentleman is to hear it, when I am in a position to make a satisfactory one.
§ Colonel YATEConsidering the terrible hardships those men have had to undergo, will the right hon. Gentleman soon give the subject consideration?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI have done so, with the result that a special medal is now being minted.