HC Deb 07 November 1916 vol 87 c44
79. Mr. LYNCH

asked whether an annual allowance is paid out of the British Treasury to the Duchess Marie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha?

Mr. McKINNON WOOD

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my predecessor to the hon. Baronet the Member for Roxburghshire on 18th November, 1914.

Mr. LYNCH

Can the right hon. Gentleman give the tenour of that answer? If an allowance is being given to this lady would it not be better to terminate it and distribute the money among the widows whose husbands have fallen in the War?

Mr. McKINNON WOOD

That is not a matter for my decision.

Commander BELLAIRS

Is it not the rule of this House that an hon. Member cannot be referred back to a previous Session if he wants the information during the present Session?

Mr. SPEAKER

I have never heard of such a rule.