HC Deb 17 December 1957 vol 580 cc175-6
6. Mr. Gresham Cooke

asked the Minister of Works when the carpets outside the Strangers Dining Room will, in view of their condition, be renewed.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works (Mr. Harmar Nicholls)

I hope they will be renewed in the Easter Recess.

Mr. Gresham Cooke

Is my hon. Friend aware that hon. Members will be very much gratified at this news?

Mr. Shinwell

Does the Parliamentary Secretary not think that at a time when the most intricate problems face hon. Members, the Government and the world at large, it is a waste of time and intolerable that Questions of this kind and of so trivial a character should be placed on the Order Paper?