§ MR. ALDENI beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether he has 201 found it possible to make such alterations, structural or otherwise, to the existing Library as would allow a large number of modern standard works to be placed therein; and whether he can make any statement upon the subject.
§ *THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. HARCOURT,) Lancashire, RossendaleI have made careful search for waste spaces which might be available for the storage of books which are in little request, and I have found sufficient to enable me to give in the future considerable relief to the shelves of the Library proper and I hope that thereby accommodation may be afforded for the improvement of the Library in historical, biographical, and constitutional works. I will, if necessary, ask the House at a later date to assent to a Supplementary Estimate for the work of increasing the storage accommodation, which I am sure will command the general approval of Members.