Lords Sitting of 6 April 1939

Preamble
The House met at eleven of the clock, The EARL OF ONSLOW on the Woolsack.
PUBLIC HEALTH (COAL MINE REFUSE) (SCOTLAND) BILL.
Brought from the Commons; read 1a; and to be printed.

THE EASTER RECESS.
THE EARL OF LUCAN: My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Earl Stanhope I beg to move, That the House on its adjournment do adjourn for business until the 18th of April, except that if it appears to the satisfaction of the Lord Chancellor that the public interest requires that the House should meet at an 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. Provided that in the event of the Lord Chancellor being unable to act owing to illness or other cause, the Chairman of Committees, in his capacity as Deputy Speaker, be authorised to act in his stead for the purposes of this Resolution.
Moved, That the House on its adjournment do adjourn for business until the 18th of April, except that if it appears to the satisfaction of the Lord Chancellor that the public interest requires that the House should meet at an 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. Provided that in the event of the Lord Chancellor being unable to act owing to illness or other cause, the Chairman of Committees, in his capacity as Deputy Speaker, be authorised to act in his stead for the purposes of this Resolution.—(The Earl of Lucan.)
On Question, Motion agreed to, and ordered accordingly.