§ 2.37 p.m.
§ THE LORD PRIVY SEAL (VISCOUNT ADDISON)My Lords, I have a Message from The King signed with his own hand. The Message is as follows:
"His Majesty by Proclamation dated the eleventh day of July, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, having declared the existence of a state of emergency for the purposes of the Emergency Powers Act, 1920.
And it having appeared to His Majesty that the state of emergency has now ceased to exist: His Majesty has deemed it proper by Proclamation dated the twenty-sixth day of July, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, to proclaim, direct and ordain that the said Proclamation of the eleventh day of July, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, is revoked."
My Lords, I shall move an Humble Address of thanks to His Majesty for his gracious Message at the beginning of Business tomorrow, Wednesday.