§ MR. RADCLIFFE COOKE (Newington, W.)asked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether the seven recommendations of the Select Committee on the Ventilation of the Houses of Parliament, contained in the Second Report of the 31st of May last, are all or some of them, and, if so, which of them is being carried out; and, whether there is a prospect of the works involved in them being completed by the time Parliament re-assembles in February?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER (Mr. PLUNKET) (Dublin University)The Committee on the Ventilation of the House has been re-appointed, and has held its first meeting to-day. I am authorized to state that the Committee is satisfied that its recommendations are now being carried out with as little delay as possible, and I hope that the necessary works will be in the main completed before Parliament re-assembles next year.