§ Mr. DORANasked the First Commissioner of Works if he will give a list of
396Wsuch information as is available from the trade returns of the United Kingdom is shown in the following table:
rooms in this House occupied by persons who are not Members of this or the other House for which no payment is made?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREWith the possible exception of a small waiting room allocated to civil servants who are on the Official Gallery list for the day, and that occupied by Parliamentary Counsel, no rooms at my disposal are allocated to any persons other than Members or servants of this House. The rooms allocated by Mr. Speaker to the Press, the Post Office, the Refreshment Department, to Members' Secretaries, the Police and the Empire Parliamentary Association do not come under my jurisdiction, but under that of the Serjeant-at-Arms. In the case of accommodation allocated to Whips or private secretaries, use is made of rooms by persons on the Lobby list or holding a pass issued by the Serjeant-at-Arms. The Leader of the political party or the Minister to whom the accommodation is allocated is, however, responsible for the use made of the rooms allocated to him for party or secretarial purposes. No payment is received for any accommodation in the Houses of Parliament. I am sending my hon. Friend a list of all the rooms at my disposal, showing their position and allocation.