§ MR. ISAACS (Newington, Walworth)asked the honourable Member for North West Staffordshire, Whether Her Majesty's Office of Works and Buildings will cause the works recommended by the Select Committee on the Ventilation of the House for remedying the foul smells arising from the kitchen and laundry, referred to in paragraph 2, page 7, of their Second Report, to be carried into effect during the Whitsuntide Recess?
MR. LEVESON GOWER (A LORD of the TREASURY) (Stafford, N.W.)Orders were given last week for carrying out the works proposed by the Committee for the Improvement of the Ventilation of the Kitchen. It will be impossible to complete them during the period of an ordinary Recess; but they will be so completed in a short time after the House re-assembles. With regard to the laundry, the Committee recommend its immediate removal from the premises. In that case fresh arrangements will have to be made with the contractor, and this is a matter that is not under the control of the Board of Works, but under that of the Kitchen Committee.