§ Mr. W. THORNE (West Ham, S.)Mr. Speaker, I wish to ask you a Question of which I have given you private notice. It is, when it is your intention to reopen the public and ladies' galleries.
§ * MR. SPEAKERIn reply to the Question of the hon. Member, I have made such inquiry as I could so as to obtain the general sense of the House, and I have not hitherto observed any feverish anxiety to reopen either of the galleries. At the same time, I am considering from day to day under what conditions the galleries might be reopened, and what safeguards might be taken to preserve our debates from any interference.
§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)May I respectfully ask, Sir, whether while these galleries are vacant additional accommodation might not be provided for the Press, in view of the fact that its accommodation is very restricted at the present time?
§ * MR. SPEAKERThat is a matter which the hon. Member had better put to the First Commissioner of Works.
§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDThen I put it to the First Commissioner now.
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. L. HARCOURT,) Lancashire, RossendaleThat is a Question I had better have notice of. I am not aware that I have any control over the galleries now vacant.
§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman, since the Speaker has been good enough to refer
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| Abraham, William (Rhondda) | Davies, David (Montgomery Co. | Henderson, Arthur (Durham) |
| Acland, Francis Dyke | Davies, Ellis William (Eifion) | Henry, Charles S. |
| Agnew, George William | Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardigan | Herbert, Col Sir Ivor (Mon., S.) |
| Allen, Charles P. (Stroud) | Davies, Timothy (Fulham) | Herbert, T. Arnold (Wycombe) |
| Ambrose, Robert | Dewar, Arthur (Edinburgh, S.) | Higham, John Sharp |
| Armitage, R. | Dewar, Sir J. A. (Inverness-sh.) | Hobhouse, Charles E. H. |
| Asquith, Rt. Hn. Herbert Henry | Dickinson, W. H. (St. Pancras, N. | Hogan, Michael |
| Baker, Sir John (Portsmouth) | Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | Holt, Richard Durning |
| Baker, Joseph A. (Finsbury, E.) | Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness | Hooper, A. G. |
| Barker, Sir John | Dunne, Major E. Martin (Walsall | Horniman, Emslie John |
| Barlow, Percy (Bedford) | Edwards, Enoch (Hanley) | Howard, Hon. Geoffrey |
| Barnard, E. B. | Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor) | Hudson, Walter |
| Beale, W. P. | Ellis, Rt. Hon. John Edward | Hutton, Alfred Eddison |
| Beauchamp, E. | Erskine, David C. | Hyde, Clarendon |
| Beck, A. Cecil | Esslemont, George Birnie | Illingworth, Percy H. |
| Bellairs, Carlyon | Evans, Sir Samuel T. | Jacoby, Sir James Alfred |
| Belloc, Hilaire Joseph Peter R. | Everett, R. Lacey | Jardine, Sir J. |
| Bennett, E. N. | Faber, G. H. (Boston) | Johnson, John (Gateshead) |
| Bethell, Sir J. H. (Essex, Romf'rd | Fenwick, Charles | Johnson, W. (Nuneaton) |
| Bethell, T. R. (Essex, Maldon) | Ferens, T. R. | Jones, Leif (Appleby) |
| Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Findlay, Alexander | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire |
| Black, Arthur W. | Foster, Rt. Hon. Sir Walter | Joyce, Michael |
| Boland, John | Fuller, John Michael F. | Kekewich, Sir George |
| Bowerman, C. W. | Fullerton, Hugh | Kincaid-Smith, Captain |
| Brace, William | Gibb, James (Harrow) | Laidlaw, Robert |
| Branch, James | Gill, A. H. | Lamb, Edmund G. (Leominster |
| Brigg, John | Ginnell, L. | Lambert, George |
| Bright, J. A. | Gladstone, Rt. Hn. Herbert John | Lamont, Norman |
| Brooke, Stopford | Glen-Coats, Sir T. (Renfrew, W. | Layland-Barratt, Sir Francis |
| Brunner, J. F. L. (Lancs., Leigh) | Glendinning, R. G. | Leese, Sir Joseph F. (Accrington) |
| Buchanan, Thomas Ryburn | Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | Lehmann, R. C. |
| Burns, Rt. John Hon. | Gooch, George Peabody (Bath) | Lever, W. H. (Cheshire, Wirral) |
| Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Grant, Corrie | Levy, Sir Maurice |
| Buxton, Rt. Hn. Sydney Charles | Greenwood, G. (Peterborough) | Lewis, John Herbert |
| Byles, William Pollard | Greenwood, Hamar (York) | Lloyd-George, Rt. Hon. David |
| Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Gulland, John W. | Lundon, W. |
| Causton, Rt. Hn. Richard Knight | Gurdon, Rt Hn. Sir W. Brampton | Lupton, Arnold |
| Channing, Sir Francis Allston | Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard B. | Lyell, Charles Henry |
| Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. | Hall, Frederick | Lynch, H. B. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Halpin, J. | Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk B'ghs. |
| Clough, William | Harcourt, Rt. Hn. L. (Rossendale | MacVeagh, Charles (Donegal, E. |
| Cobbold, Felix Thornley | Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | M'Callum, John M. |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Hardy, George A. (Suffolk) | M'Crae, Sir George |
| Collins, Sir Wm. J. (S. Pancras, W. | Harmsworth, Cecil B. (Worc'r) | M'Laren, H. D. (Stafford, W.) |
| Compton-Rickett, Sir J. | Hart-Davies, T. | M'Micking, Major G. |
| Cooper, G. J. | Harvey, W. E. (Derbyshire, N. E. | Mallet, Charles E. |
| Corbett, C. H. (Sussex, E. Grinst'd | Haslam, James (Derbyshire) | Marnham, F. J. |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Haworth, Arthur A. | Massie, J. |
| Cotton, Sir H. J. S. | Hazel, Dr. A. E. | Menzies, Walter |
| Cox, Harold | Hazleton, Richard | Molteno, Percy Alport |
| Crooks, William | Hedges, A. Paget | Mond, A. |
| Crossley, William J. | Helme, Norval Watson | Montagu, Hon. E. S. |
§ me to him, whether he could refer me to somebody else?