§ SIR WILLIAM FRASERasked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether he will provide shelter for the carriages of Members of this House in one of the courts of the Palace of Westminster?
§ MR. GERARD NOELSir, early in the Session my attention was called to the matter referred to in the Question of the hon. Baronet, and upon inspecting the various courts of the Palace of Westminster, I found it was impossible to provide shelter for the carriages of Members without causing the greatest inconvenience and confusion in those courts, and, I might add, annoyance to the persons who have residences in the Houses of Parliament. If you covered over one of the courts it would hold a very limited number of carriages, and would not, therefore, justify the expenditure which would have to be incurred. In these circumstances, I cannot entertain the proposal of the hon. Baronet.