Lords Sitting of 1 August 1945

PARLIAMENT.
Opened by Commission (the Royal Commissioners being the LORD CHANCELLOR (SIR WILLIAM ALLEN JOWITT). THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURY, VISCOUNT SAMUEL, VISCOUNT ADDISON AND VISCOUNT CRANBORNE); and the Commons (who were sent for) being at the Bar, were directed to proceed to the choice of a Speaker, and to present such person whom they should so choose here tomorrow, at a quarter before three o'clock, for His Majesty's Royal approbation.
The Right Honourable Sir William Allen Jowitt, K.C., having been appointed Lord Chancellor, sat Speaker.

Prayers.
Certificate of the Election of Sixteen Representative Peers for Scotland—Delivered, and read.
LIST OF THE LORDS TEMPORAL.
Garter King of Arms attending, delivered at the Table (in the usual manner) a List of the Lords Temporal in the First Session of the Thirty-eighth Parliament of the United Kingdom. The same was ordered to lie on the Table.

ROLL OF THE LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House that the Clerk of the Parliaments had prepared and laid it on the Table: The same was ordered to be printed.
Several Lords—Took the Oath.
The Lord Hare (E. Listowel)— Affirmed
Several Lords—Took the Oath.
The Lord Sinha—Sat first in Parliament after the death of his father.
Several Lords—Took the Oath.
The Lord De L'Isle and Dudley—Sat first in Parliament after the death of his father.

VISCOUNT ADDISON.
The Right Honourable Christopher Baron Addison, having been created Viscount Addison of Stallingborough in the County of Lincoln—Was (in the usual manner) introduced.
VISCOUNT LAMBERT.
The Right Honourable George Lambert, having been created Viscount Lambert of South Molton in the County of Devon—Was (in the usual manner) introduced.
LORD COPE.
Sir William Cope, Baronet, having been created Baron Cope of St. Mellons in the County of Monmouth—Was (in the usual manner) introduced.

LORD BALFOUR OF INCHRYE.
The Right Honourable Harold Harington Balfour, M.C., having been created Baron Balfour of Inchrye, of Shefford in the County of Berks.—Was (in the usual manner) introduced.
Several Lords—Took the Oath.
House adjourned at five o'clock.