92. Mr. SlMMasked the First Commissioner of Works if he is aware that there is not any memorial in the precincts of Parliament to Sir John Eliot, who suffered years of imprisonment and died in the Tower in 1632 in defence of the rights of this House and the liberties of the people; and whether he will take steps, either by securing a copy of the portrait of Sir John Eliot in the Tower, if obtainable, or by other means to provide a fitting memorial to this great parliamentarian?
§ Mr. PARKER (Lord of the Treasury)A portrait of Sir John Eliot appears as one of the figures in Mr. A. C. Gow's picture of "The House of Commons the 2nd March, 1629," now in St. Stephen's Hall. The provision of a memorial is a matter for the decision of the Government, and questions on this subject should be addressed to the Prime Minister.