§ MR. LAURENCE HARDY (Kent, Ashford)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works what arrangements are being made for the provision of suitable rooms for Grand Committees, in view of the Government proposals to double the number of Grand Committees and to increase their work.
I beg also to ask the First Commissioner of Works if, considering the proposal to multiply the work of Grand Committees, he can avoid the overcrowding and improve the desk accommodation in the large committee room.
I beg further to ask the First Commissioner of Works if suitable provision can be made to enlarge accommodation for the public and the Press in the Grand Committee rooms, considering that all Bills, except those withheld by Resolution of the House, are in future to be sent upstairs.
§ MR. HARCOURTIf and when new Grand Committees are brought into existence I shall consider what temporary accommodation can be provided for them pending structural alterations of a more permanent character. I am inquiring into improved accommodation for Press and public and desks in the existing rooms.