Sitting of 14 February 1906

Preamble
The House met at Twelve of the clock, and Mr. SPEAKER-ELECT having taken the Chair,
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners by Black Rod,
The House went; and, being returned,
Mr. SPEAKER reported, That the House had been in the House of Peers, where His Majesty was pleased by His Majesty's Commissioners to approve of the choice the House had made of him to be their Speaker, and that he had in their name and on their behalf by humble petition to His Majesty made claim to their ancient and undoubted rights and privileges, particularly to freedom from arrest and all molestation of their persons, to freedom of speech in debate, to free access to His Majesty when occasion shall require, and that the most favourable construction should be put upon all their proceedings; which he said His Majesty, by his said Commissioners, had confirmed to them in as full and ample a manner as they have been heretofore granted or allowed by His Majesty, or any of his Royal predecessors.
And then Mr. SPEAKER repeated his very respectful acknowledgments and grateful thanks to the House for the great honour they had done him.
Mr. SPEAKER then put the House in mind that their first duty was to take and subscribe the oath required by law.
Thereupon Mr. SPEAKER first alone, standing upon the upper step of the Chair, took and subscribed the oath.
Then several Members took and subscribed the oath, and several other Members made and subscribed the affirmation required by law.

ADJOURNMENT.
Motion made, and Question, "That this House do now adjourn,"—(Mr. George Whiteley)—put, and agreed to.
Adjourned at twenty-seven minutes after Four o'clock.

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The Lords Commissioners being seated in front of the throne and the Commons being sent for:—
MR. SPEAKER-ELECT(addressing the Royal Commissioners): My Lords, I have to acquaint your Lordships that, in obedience to His Majesty's commands, His Majesty's most faithful Commons have in the exercise of their undoubted rights and privileges proceeded to the election of a Speaker, and that their choice has fallen upon myself. I now present myself at your Lordships' bar and submit myself with all humility for His Majesty's gracious approbation.
THE LORD CHANCELLOR: We are commanded to assure you that His Majesty is so fully sensible of your zeal in the public service, and of your undoubted sufficiency to execute all the arduous duties of the position which his faithful Commons have selected you to discharge, that ho does most readily approve and confirm you as their Speaker.
MR. SPEAKER: My Lords, I submit myself with all humility and gratitude to His Majesty's gracious commands. It is now my duty, in the name of and on behalf of the Commons of the United Kingdom, to lay claim by humble petition to His Majesty to all their ancient and undoubted rights and privileges, especially to freedom of speech in debate, to freedom from arrest, and to free access to His Majesty whenever occasion shall require, and that the most favourable construction shall be put on their proceedings. In regard to myself, I pray that if in the discharge of my duties I shall inadvertently fall into any error, it may be imputed to myself alone, and not to His Majesty's most faithful Commons.
THE LORD CHANCELLOR: Mr. Speaker, we have it further in command to inform you that His Majesty does most readily confirm all the rights and privileges which have ever been granted to,
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or conferred upon, the Commons by himself or by any of his Royal predecessors. With respect to yourself, Sir, though His Majesty is sensible that you stand in no need of such assurance, His Majesty will ever place the most favourable construction upon your words and actions.
Several Lords took the oath.
Sir Alfred Charles William Harms-worth, Baronet, having been created Baron Northcliffe of the Isle of Thanet, in the county of Kent, was (in the usual manner) introduced.
Edmund Beckett Faber, esquire, having been created Baron Faber of Butterwick, in the county of Lincoln, was (in the usual manner) introduced.
Several Lords took the oath.
William Henry Grenfell, esquire, having been created Baron Desborough of Taplow, in the county of Buckingham, was (in the usual manner) introduced.
Edmond George Petty Fitzmaurice, esquire, commonly called Lord Edmond George Petty Fitzmaurice, having been created Baron Fitzmaurice of Leigh, in the county of Wilts, was (in the usual manner) introduced.
Several Lords took the oath.
The Lord Newlands sat first in Parliament after the death of his father.

REPRESENTATIVE PEERS FOR IRELAND.
Writs and Returns electing the Earl of Wicklow a Representative Peer for Ireland in the room of the late Earl of Lanesborough, deceased, with the Certificate of the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland annexed thereto; delivered (on oath), and certificate read.
Several Lords took the oath.
The right hon. Sir Michael Edward Hicks - Beach, Baronet, having been

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created Viscount St. Aldwyn of Coin St. Aldwyn, in the county of Gloucester, was (in the usual manner) introduced.
The right hon. Sir Arthur Divett Hayter, Baronet, having been created Baron Haversham of Bracknell, in the county of Berks, was (in the usual manner) introduced.
The right hon. Charles Hare Hemphill having been created Baron Hemphill of Rathkenny and of Cashell, in the county of Tipperary, was (in the usual manner) introduced.
Several Lords took the oath.
Sir James Joicey, Baronet, having been created Baron Joicey of Chester-le-Street, in the county of Durham, was (in the usual manner) introduced.
Charles Henry Wilson, esquire, having been created Baron Nunburnholme of the city of Kingston-upon-Hull, was (in the usual manner) introduced.
Sir William Henry Wills, Baronet, having been created Baron Winterstoke of Blagdon, in the county of Somerset, was (in the usual manner) introduced.
The Lord Bishop of Oxford took the oath.
House adjourned at twenty-five minutes past Five o'clock, to Friday next, half-past Four o'clock.