§ [Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
§ The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod (Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake, K.C.B., 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.
§ The House went, and having returned.
§ The Sitting was suspended until Four o'Clock. when Mr. SPEAKER, pursuant to the Standing Order (Opening of Parliament), resumed the Chair and forthwith adjourned the House, without Question put, to the Chamber appointed for the use of the Commons.