HC Deb 23 November 1922 vol 159 c39

The House met at Twelve of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.

The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod {Lieut.-General Sir William Pulteney Pulteney, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O.) was announced.

Addressing Mr. Speaker, the GENTLEMAN USHER said: The King commands this Honourable House to attend His Majesty immediately in the House of Peers.

Mr. SPEAKER, accompanied by Right Hon. A. Bonar Law, Mr. J. Ramsay Macdonald and other Members, went to the House of Lords.

On their return, the Sitting was suspended until Three of the Clock, and then resumed.