27. Major MILLSasked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will follow the precedent set by the tablet in Westminster Hall to Sir William Wallace, who is described thereon as the Scottish patriot, by adding the words First Governor-General of India after the name of Warren Hastings on the new tablet to be placed in Westminster Hall to commemorate the place, date, and issue of the latter's trial?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREI should hesitate to lengthen still further the revised inscription which has been agreed with the donor and the Royal Empire Society. The general public are, I think, aware of the fact that Warren Hastings was Governor-General of India.
Major MILLSWill my right hon. Friend take a long view of the help that it would be to the Martians when they are excavating sites in ancient London about the year 7033 to have this additional information?