§ LORD ADDISON had the following Notice on the Paper: To ask His Majesty's Government what progress is being made in the provision of safe and convenient air-raid shelters and for adequate sanitary arrangements; to call attention to the delay in the publication of of the Report of Lord Horder's Committee as being prejudicial to the public interest; and to move for Papers.
LORD STRABOLGIMy Lords, I regret to inform your Lordships that my noble friend Lord Addison is laid up by illness in his home. He has asked me to apologise for his absence and to ask leave for his Motion to be postponed.