§ 2.35 p.m.
§ THE EARL OF CLARENDONMy Lords, I have the honour to present a Message from the King, signed with his own hand:
"I have received your address praying that the Government of Burma (Temporary Provisions) Order, 1947, be made in the form of the draft laid before Parliament. I will comply with your request."
I have a further Message from the King, my Lords, also signed with his own hand:
"I thank you sincerely for your Address and for your loyal and affectionate greetings on the return of the Queen, my daughters and myself from our journey, in the course of which we have visited the Union of South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland and St. Helena.
We shall always remember the wonderful and inspiring welcome which we received, and the warmth of the greetings which were extended from all parts of the Commonwealth to our beloved daughter Elizabeth on the occasion of her twenty-first birthday.
We have been greatly touched by the reception which we have received on our return to this country."