§ 45. Mr. Porrittasked the Prime Minister where the original of the Instrument of Abdication, executed by King Edward VIII, has been placed; and whether he will make such provision that this document shall be preserved in the Palace of Westminster and made accessible to the public in the same manner as other historical Parliamentary documents?
§ The Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin)So far as the United Kingdom is concerned the Instrument to which my hon. Friend refers has been placed in the Privy Council Register. The suggestion made in the second part of the question is one I do not feel able to adopt. The Instrument, however, in due course will be transferred to the Public Record Office which is its proper eventual repository, and subject to the Rules of the Master of the Rolls will become open to public inspection like other entries in the Register.