§ 83. Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Works if he will arrange for technical inquiries to be made and a report prepared on the need for the replacement of the annunciators in the House of Commons and the installation required for televising the names and times by wire into every large room where hon. Members assemble, including the Westminster Hall Committee Room, so that a larger number of people can see and hear the proceedings of the House of Commons when the numbers of people applying for admission require it.
§ Lord John HopeThe existing annunciators will need to be replaced in a year or two and I have already considered preliminary technical reports on alternative systems to provide the same service. I propose to arrange immediately after the Easter Recess a demonstration of a closed circuit television system, so that hon. Members can compare the two systems working simultaneously.