HC Deb 18 August 1909 vol 9 c1359

The House being met, the Clerk at the Table informed the House of the unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker, through indisposition, from this day's sitting.

Whereupon Mr. Emmott, the Chairman of Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table, and after prayers took the Chair as Deputy-Speaker, in pursuance of the Standing Order.