§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (EARL CURZON OF KEDLESTON)My Lords, I beg to make 304 the Motion which was referred to earlier this afternoon by the noble Earl the First Commissioner of Works.
§ Moved, That this House on its adjournment to-day do adjourn to May 24, except that if it appears to the satisfaction of the Lord Chancellor that the public interest requires that the House should meet at any earlier time during such adjournment, the Lord Chancellor may give notice to the Peers that he is so satisfied, and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in such Notice and shall transact its business as if it had been duly adjourned to that time.—(Earl Curzon of Kedleston.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.
§ House adjourned at a quarter past five o'clock until Tuesday, May 24, at a quarter past four o'clock.