§ Mr. SpeakerI must inform the House that I have been invited to attend a conference of the Presidents of European Parliamentary Assemblies being held in Bonn on Friday and Saturday of this 1369 week. This will involve my absence on Friday and the latter half of the Sitting on Thursday. I hope that the House will approve of my decision to accept, so that the Commons may be properly represented by its Speaker, and will grant me leave of absence.
§ Mr. SpeakerI am much obliged to the House.