HC Deb 01 August 1916 vol 85 c44
Mr. SWIFT MacNEILL

(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether, in the event of a demand for a Grant for the widow and orphans of Captain Fryatt, assassinated by the German Government, being brought, according to the right hon. Gentleman's intimation, before Parliament, having regard to the indignation aroused by this execrable crime and the sympathy of the Empire with the family of the victim, such demand will be brought before the House of Commons in the most solemn form by a Resolution proposed in a Committee of the Whole House appointed to sit on a future day for this purpose, as in the case of Sir Henry Havelock in 1857 and the cases of Lord Kitchener in 1899 and 1901 and Lord Roberts in 1908?

The PRIME MINISTER

My hon. and learned Friend's notice only reached me an hour or two ago, but I can assure him that I will carefully consider his suggestion.