HC Deb 03 August 1916 vol 85 c512W
Mr. SWIFT MacNEILL

asked the Prime Minister whether the demand for a Grant for the widow and orphans of Captain Fryatt, assassinated by the German Government, if brought before Parliament in accordance with an intimation to that effect by the right hon. Gentleman, will, having regard to the indignation excited by this crime and the sympathy of the Empire with the family of the victim, be brought before the House of Commons in the most solemn and emphatic manner by a Resolution proposed in Committee of the Whole House to sit on a future day for that purpose, in accordance with the precedents in the cases of Sir H. Havelock, 1857, the widow of the Earl of Elgin, 1864, and, in more recent times, the cases of Lords Wolseley, Kitchener, and Roberts?

The PRIME MINISTER

As I informed my hon. Friend, I will consider this suggestion, but I am not quite certain yet as to the best form of procedure to adopt.

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