– in the House of Commons at on 6 December 1939.
Mr George Strauss
, Lambeth North
asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will restore the normal lighting arrangements in the Libraries of the House of Commons?
Mr Herwald Ramsbotham
, Lancaster
As the hon. Member will have observed, normal lighting has now been restored in the Libraries.
Mr Robert Morgan
, Stourbridge
Could not some improvement be made in the lighting in the Central Lobby?
Mr Herwald Ramsbotham
, Lancaster
That is another question.
Mr Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
, Edinburgh East
asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will have the position of the enunciators in the Library and elsewhere adjusted so that they can be read during the blackout?
Mr Edward Salt
, Birmingham, Yardley
asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will arrange for the enunciators in the Libraries to be made visible during black-outs?
Mr Herwald Ramsbotham
, Lancaster
Alterations have been made to the blinds and curtains so that the annunciators can now be read during the black-out.
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