§ The House met at half-past Two o'clock
§ The Clerk at the Table informed the House of the unavoidable absence, through illness, of MR. SPEAKER from this day's sitting.
§ Whereupon MR. HAROLD WALKER, THE CHAIRMAN OF WAYS AND MEANS, proceeded to the Table and, after Prayers. Took the Chair, as DEPUTY SPEAKER, pursuant to the Standing Order.