§ 40. Mr. REMERasked the First Commissioner of Works what steps are taken to insure that the time given by Big Ben is correct?
§ Mr. LANSBURYThe clock is checked daily by Greenwich Observatory. During the past 290 days the error has exceeded one second on eight days only.
§ Mr. REMERIs the right hon. Gentleman satisfied, in view of the fact that Big Ben is three minutes slow compared with every other clock in the country?
§ Mr. LANSBURYI should say that all the others are wrong and that Big Ben is right.