§ The House met at Twelve of the Clock.
§ The Lords Commissioners—namely, The LORD CHANCELLOR (Lord Halsbury), The EARL OF LATHOM (Lord Chamberlain), The EARL OF COVENTRY (Master of the Buckhounds), LORD ASHBOURNE (Lord Chancellor of Ireland), and LORD BALFOUR (Secretary for Scotland)—being in their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack, commanded the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons know that—"The Lords Commissioners desire their immediate attendance in this House."
§ And the Commons being at the Bar:—