§ The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSEHOLD reported Her Majesty's answer to the Address, as follows:
§ I have received your Address praying that I will give directions that, to mark the bicentennial celebrations of the United States of America, there be made, on behalf of Parliament to the Congress of the United States, as representative of the American people, a loan for one year of one of the two original copies of Magna Carta dated 1215 AD and held by the British Library; that a permanent showcase be presented to the Congress for the display of the document, and that the document be replaced at the end of the loan period by a replica; that the presentation be made by representatives from both Houses of Parliament; and assuring me that you will make good the expenses attending the same.
§ It gave me the greatest pleasure to learn that your House proposes that this historic occasion be marked in such a way and I will gladly give directions for carrying your proposals into effect.