asked the Lord President of the Council whether he is aware that the present facilities of putting wheel chairs at the back of the Strangers' Gallery are unsatisfactory so far as the disabled occupants are concerned and that they have difficulty in observing proceedings visually; and whether he will make some change in the present arrangements.

I am aware of this problem. The difficulty is that access to seats lower down the Strangers' Gallery could be achieved only by structural alterations which would reduce the number of seats.