§ 38. Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing the House of Commons Commission, what funds have been made available to improve lavatory facilities for visitors to the Palace of Westminster; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BeithThe sum of £150,000 has been allocated for 1994–95 for the programme of lavatory refurbishment and a further £94,000 to provide new lavatory facilities for the disabled.
§ Mr. GreenwayI am sure that hon. Members in all parts of the House welcome that news, as will visitors to the Palace of Westminster. Will the new lavatories be more obviously accessible to the public and be properly named—
§ Mr. GreenwayIlluminated, as my hon. Friend says —so that visitors will be able to identify them easily?
§ Mr. BeithI will certainly draw the hon. Gentleman's points to the attention of those responsible.