§ Dr. COOPER (Southwark, Bermondsey)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether the attendants in his Department who remained on duty during the prolonged sitting will receive extra remuneration or relief from duty; and, if not, whether he will consider the advisability of recognising in some fitting manner their long hours of attendance on this occasion.
§ MR. HARCOURTArrangements for the staff of my Department at the House are made with special reference to the liability to occasional extra duty. There 1514 are relief shifts to avoid continuous duty and special privileges as to extra leave as compensation for unavoidable overtime.