§ MR. BYLESasked whether the attention of the Speaker had been called to the fact that, owing to the failure of the electric bolls on Thursday, a largo number of Members engaged in the Committee rooms upstairs were shut out from the first division on that day; whether that division would nevertheless be entered on the Journals of the House without explanation; and whether, in the case of any similar accident in future, the doors might not be left open until Members within the precincts of the House had had time to be warned.
§ MR. SPEAKERMy attention was called to the fact that the system for ringing electric bells failed to act. I think the remedy which the hon. Member has suggested is an impracticable one. The police have instructions to call out in a loud voice that a division is about to take place. As long as we rely partly on mechanical means I fear that occasionally—although I am glad to think very rarely—accidents will happen. I am afraid I cannot suggest any remedy for them.