HC Deb 04 November 1997 vol 300 c122W
39. Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the President of the Council what progress she has made on assessing the advantages of a semicircular seating arrangement for the House. [12035]

Mrs Ann Taylor

None. As I said in the House on 17 June at column 111, I believe that we are a long way from any consensus that the shape of the Chamber should be changed. I have no proposals to make any structural changes to the Chamber.