§ Lieut.-Colonel Walter Elliot, having been appointed, together with Mr. Ralph Assheton, Viscountess Davidson, Mr. Clement Davies, Miss Florence Horsbrugh, Mr. G. H. Oliver, Dr. Edith Summerskill and Mr. A. Woodburn to wait upon Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, with a Message of condolence from this House, reported Her Majesty's answer, as follows:
§ I thank you most sincerely for your message of condolence, which will help me to bear the burden of my great sorrow. I am deeply touched by your warm sympathy, and I am moved by this further sign of your close and constant affection towards me.