HC Deb 19 April 1923 vol 162 cc2318-9W
Mr. PENNEFATHER

asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been called to a great meeting of Protestants at the Royal Albert Hall on the 10th instant, and to the resolutions passed thereat; and, if so, whether any action can be taken in the sense desired by that and similar meetings which have been held in other places?

The PRIME MINISTER

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, and His Majesty's Government are clearly of opinion that in view of the large number of Roman Catholics in the British Empire it is obviously the duty of His Majesty when in Rome to follow the example twice set by His late Majesty King Edward VII and pay a visit of courtesy to the Pope.