§ MR. LOUGH (Islington, W.)I beg to ask the hon. Member for Chorley, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, what is the cost of lighting the clock known as Big Ben; and whit is the estimated saving by colouring one or more of the dials green as opposed to red.
§ LORD BALCARRES (Lancashire, Chorley)The cost of lighting the dials of the clock electrically amounts to £242 for the year. The green light is incidental to the lamp used experimentally, and the cost of current, if it was adopted permanently, would be reduced some 35 per cent. A red colour is impracticable.