§ 4. Sir G. Foxasked the Minister of Works to whom the 1,258 seats in the Mall on Victory Day, that were not occupied by Members of the House of Lords, House of Commons and the Foreign Office, were allocated.
§ Mr. TomlinsonThe seats on the Saluting Base were allocated to members of the Royal Family and Foreign Royalties, Ministers, Dominion High Commissioners, heads of Missions of the Fighting Allies and members of the Board of Admiralty, Army Council and Air Council. The remaining seats on either side of, and opposite to, the Saluting Base were allocated in the main to persons who had performed valuable services to the State during the War. A quota of seats was allocated to the Service Departments, and two seats to each Civil Department for civil servants. Seats were also provided for the Press.