§ [Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
§ The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod (Vice-Admiral Sit Geoffrey Blake, K.C.B., D.S.O.) was announced.
§ Addressing Mr. Speaker, The Gentleman Usher said: His Majesty, the King commands the presence of this Honourable House, in the House of Peers, to hear the Speech from the Throne.
§ The House went, and having returned,
§ The Sitting was suspended until Four o'Clock, when Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Resolution of the House [3rd August], resumed the Chair and forthwith adjourned the House, without Question put, to the Chamber appointed for the use of the Commons.