§ 36. Dr. Kingasked the Minister of Works whether he will arrange for a memorial to be placed in the Tower of London to Peter Wentworth, Member of Parliament, who died in the Tower for asserting the right of Members of Parliament to free speech.
§ Mr. EcclesThe claimants to memorials in the Tower of London are many, and I hesitate to assume the difficult task of adjudicating between them. If it were thought good to commemorate Wentworth's championship of free speech, the Tower of London does not seem to be the most suitable place for a memorial.
§ Mr. StokesWas he guillotined there?
§ Dr. KingIs the Minister aware that Peter Wentworth was an hon. Member of this House who wanted the House to be, as it is today, a representative House where hon. Members can freely discuss all matters concerning the country and where they might freely bring forward legislation? Is he aware that for this he was three times imprisoned in the Tower of London and finally died there? Does he not think that he should see that the significant martyrs in the history of freedom in this House should be suitably honoured by memorials in the Tower, where they are buried, or in this House?
§ Mr. EcclesWe could look into that.