Building, says Cabinet Secretary Mr. Leopold Mills.

On December 6, there was an outcry in the Senate over poor working conditions, and the lack of an office for Senate President Albert Jackson topped the list of complaints.

In light of the importance of his post, the lack of an office for the Senate President was "shocking,''' said Opposition Senate Leader Milton Scott.

Other Senators voiced similar concerns, and while Sen. Jackson did not appeal for an office directly, he described the conditions under which Bermuda's Senators work as "demoralising''.

Sen. Jackson also suggested he had earlier been promised an office. At issue is an office beside the Senate Chambers which was vacated by Dr. Grant Gibbons in August after he was shifted to Finance Minister from Minister of Management and Technology.

While some Senators complained it was now being used as a coffee room for the adjacent Cabinet Room, Mr. Mills said that was not true. The office was unoccupied and only a small ante-room beside it was being used to provide refreshments to Cabinet Ministers, who normally meet each Tuesday.

"It is still vacant at the moment,'' Mr. Mills said. "There are some options being considered for that room. I don't know ultimately what is going to happen there.'' Mr. Mills said limited space at the Cabinet Building was a problem. "There is a general recognition that it would be desirable for the President of the Senate to have an office, or at least space, that is commensurate with the dignity and the importance of the office which he holds,'' he said.

Officials were "trying to eke out that kind of space for the President of the Senate, together with catering to other multi-purpose uses'' to which the Cabinet Building was put. "It really poses quite a considerable challenge.

"There certainly is a recognition that perhaps something does need to be done,'' he said. "It is something that is being looked at.''