HC Deb 21 June 1937 vol 325 cc827-8
12. Mr. Day

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give particulars of the report his Department has received from His Majesty's Ambassador in Paris on the efficiency of the working of the new electric system installed in the French Chamber, whereby members are enabled to vote from their seats?

Mr. Eden

Reports were obtained from His Majesty's Ambassador at Paris at the time of the installation of the apparatus in 1931 and communicated to the Select Committee of this House then sitting on Procedure on Public Business. I have not received from Paris any subsequent reports on the working of the apparatus.

Mr. Day

Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether it is still in force or has been discontinued?

Mr. Eden

For the moment I should imagine it is discontinued.

Mr. H. G. Williams

Could not the same principle be applied here, and hon. Members have this installed in their own homes so that they need not come here at all?

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