HC Deb 30 July 1919 vol 118 cc2112-3
86. Mr. HAILWOOD

asked the First Commissioner of Works why the cenotaph erected to our glorious dead in Whitehall should have on it no prayer nor mention of God nor Cross or other symbol of Christianity, seeing that ours is a Christian country and not a heathen nation?

Sir A. MOND

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given yesterday by the Leader of the House to a similar question by the Noble Lord the Member for the Aldershot Division of Hampshire.

Mr. HAILWOOD

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that there are hundreds of war shrines erected in the streets of our cities and towns by the people themselves, and that in all cases they have some religious emblem?

Sir A. MOND

I must refer the hon. Member to the answer given yesterday.