§ MR. COHEN (Islington, E.)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether he will arrange before next summer to have outside blinds fixed to the windows of the committee rooms facing the south and the west, of which the temperature last week, during the protracted sittings of the Standing Committee on Trade, owing to the absence of outside blinds, obliged several Members to leave the committee room.
§ * SIR J. COLOMB (Great Yarmouth)I beg, at the same time, to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether he has had recently under consideration the question of ventilation of the committee rooms and dining rooms of this House; and, if so, whether he is in a position to make any statement on the subject.
§ MR. AKERS DOUGLASIn reply to these questions, I have to say that I have been giving attention to the subjects referred to, and that I propose to ask the Treasury to sanction provision in the Estimates to enable mo to proceed with the improvements in the ventilation of the committee rooms by means of electric fans, in accordance with the arrangements in the rooms already satisfactorily treated. As an accessory measure, and to provide a more comfortable atmosphere, I hope to have outside blinds fitted before next summer.