HC Deb 22 October 1993 vol 230 c347W
Mr. Mackinlay

To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee (1) where is the pre-1834 table of the House of Commons which used to be on display in the Upper Waiting Hall;

(2) if a new location can be found for the pre-1834 table of the House of Commons in one of the public areas of the House.

Mr. Ray Powell

The table which used to be on display in the Upper Waiting Hall and which dates from the 1740s is now situated in the Speaker's House. It was moved to the Speaker's State Rooms after having suffered damage as a result of frequent moves made necessary by the staging of exhibitions in the Upper Waiting Hall.

Mr. Mackinlay

To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee if he will publish a list of furnishings and fittings and other artefacts that are still located in the Palace of Westminster that were salvaged from the fire of 1834.

Mr. Ray Powell

I shall ask the Director of Parliamentary Works to write to the hon. Member.