§ THE EARL OF CLARENDONMy Lords, I have to convey to the House the following Message from the King, signed with his own hand:
"I have received your Address praying that the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939, as amended by any subsequent enactment, be continued in force for a further period of one year, beginning with the twenty-fourth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-four. I will comply with your request."