§ 52. Sir W. DAVISONasked the First Commissioner of Works when the existing system of ventilation of the House of Commons was first installed; and when any alteration or improvement was last effected and in what respect?
§ Mr. LANSBURYThe existing system of ventilation in the House of Commons was first installed in 1854 and modified in 1892. A minor alteration was recently effected whereby the air inlets beneath the benches. have been covered with canvas.
§ Sir W. DAVISONHave any of the streptococci been forcibly fed since this recent alteration; and was the result the same as before when they were fed on broth for some months and very largely propagated?
§ Mr. LANSBURYThe hon. Gentleman had better give me notice of these questions.