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§ The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Paymaster General and Leader of the House of Commons (Mr. Francis Pym)I beg to move,
That Mr. Joe Dean and Lord James Douglas-Hamilton have leave of absence to present on behalf of this House a gift of a clock and gavel set to the Parliament of St. Lucia and a gift of a Speaker's Chair to the House of Assembly of Dominica.The House will recall that on 9 December last it approved the presentation of gifts from this House to the Parliament of St. Lucia and to the House of Assembly of Dominica to mark their independence. The motion will give the hon. Member for Leeds, West (Mr. Dean) and my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, West (Lord James Douglas-Hamilton) leave of absence to present the gifts on our behalf. They will be accompanied by Mr. John Sweetman, a Clerk of this House, and together will comprise a formal delegation for that purpose.
§ Question put and agreed to.