Harvey quizzed on Portcullis House

12.41.27pm UTC (GMT +0000) Thu 24th Jul 2008

• ' . . HOW many basins there are in Portcullis House; and how many of them do not have plugs?'

[Jul 22] Tobias Ellwood (Shadow Minister, Culture, Media & Sport; Bournemouth East, Conservative): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many basins there are in Portcullis House; and how many of them do not have plugs.

Nick Harvey (Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Defence; North Devon, Liberal Democrat): Portcullis House has 112 basins in lavatories, bathrooms and tea points. A survey on 17 July found that four plugs were missing. Work is in hand to replace them. Included in this number are 20 wash basins in accessible lavatories which, by design, do not have plugs.

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