§ 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. Austin Mitchell and Mr. John Stradling Thomas have leave of absence to present on behalf of this House a gift 1184 of a Clerk's Table to the House of Representatives of Fiji, and a gift of a Speaker's Gavel and Desk Set to the House of Assembly of Vanuatu.On 23 July the House approved the presentation of gifts to the House of Representatives of Fiji and to the House of Assembly of Vanuatu. The motion will give the hon. Member for Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) and my hon. Friend the Member for Monmouth (Mr. Stradling Thomas) leave of absence to present the gifts on our behalf. They will be accompanied by Mr Michael Ryle, Clerk of the Overseas Office, and together they will comprise a formal delegation for the purpose of making the presentation on behalf of the House.
§ Question put and agreed to.