§ MR. PARTINGTON (Derbyshire, High Peak)To ask the hon. Member for Chorley, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether, with a view to providing more accommodation for Members of this House, he will consider the advisability of having tea served in the large dining-room so that the present tea-room could be used as a newspaper and writing room.
(Answered by Lord Balcarres.) The First Commissioner is quite ready to consider the matter; but he doubts very much whether such an arrangement would be convenient for all Members of the House. The First Commissioner, moreover, hesitates to recommend an alteration of this character without receiving from Members some general assent to the proposal.