HC Deb 19 November 1928 vol 222 c1384
65. Mr. THURTLE

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, if he has under consideration the question of removing the statue to the memory of the late Duke of Cambridge from Whitehall to some other place?

Sir V. HENDERSON

The answer is in the negative.

Mr. THURTLE

In view of the fact that we now see the military achievements of this Field-Marshal in a truer perspective than was the case when this monument was first put up—

HON. MEMBERS

Order, order!

Mr. SPEAKER

That does not arise out of the question on the Paper.

Mr. THURTLE

Surely I am entitled to ask a question, and to give my reasons for putting it? May I ask whether, in the circumstances stated, the hon. Gentleman cannot find room on the site of this statue for a statue of Field-Marshal Earl Haig?

Sir V. HENDERSON

There is nothing to add to the answer that I have given.