HC Deb 05 June 1882 vol 270 c71
MR. JOSEPH COWEN

asked the First Commissioner of Works, If any extension of the Gallery of the House can be made, so as to afford more accommodation to the large and increasing number of persons that apply for admission?

MR. SHAW LEFEVRE,

in reply, said, he had carefully considered the plans of the House, and found it was totally impossible to increase the accommodation for strangers; and, in fact, if increase were possible, he thought Members of the House would have the first claim.