§ Q1. Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Prime Minister if he will move for a Select Committee to consider the desirability of placing a statue of the late Mr. Neville Chamberlain in the precincts of the Palace of Westminster.
§ The Prime Minister (Sir Alec Douglas-Home)These matters would usually first be discussed informally between the parties.
§ Mr. HamiltonWill the Prime Minister initiate such discussions, because Mr. Chamberlain really has a claim on the affections of the House and the country as a pioneer in the public ownership of banking? If the right hon. Gentleman is ashamed of his association with the appeasement policy, does not he nevertheless consider that a suitable memorial to Mr. Chamberlain would be the continuation and extension of the principle of public ownership of the banking system?
§ The Prime MinisterI do not think that to peg a supplementary question of that kind on an original Question such as this receives much support in any quarter of the House.
§ Mr. RidleyHas my right hon. Friend considered the desirability of placing a statue in the Palace of the late Mr. Ramsay MacDonald?