THE MARQUESS OF LORNE (Manchester, S.)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works, if he will have electric lights placed in the Committee Rooms, as any fog may stop the proceedings of Committees at present?
§ MR. AKERS - DOUGLASFive Committee Rooms out of 23 are already furnished with electrical fittings. Preparations are now being made for providing the electric light in 10 others, eight of which will be completely fitted up at Whitsuntide. I may explain that, the darkness having come on so suddenly on Tuesday, the attendants, who had the usual oil lamps in readiness, were unable to place them at once in the considerable number of Committee Rooms which happened to be in use at the time.