HL Deb 11 October 1959 vol 305 c28
LORD SHACKLETON

My Lords, I beg to move that whenever during the present Session of Parliament the House stands adjourned, and it appears to the satisfaction of the Lord Chancellor (or, if the Lord Chancellor is unable to act owing to illness or other cause, to the satisfaction of the Lord Chairman of Committees after consultation with Her Majesty's Government) that the public interest requires that the House should meet at any earlier time during such adjournment, the Lord Chancellor or the Lord Chairman of Committees, as the case may be, may give notice to the Peers that he is so satisfied and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in such Notice, and shall transact its business as if it had been duly adjourned to that time.

Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to.

House adjourned at ten minutes before five o'clock.