§ Notice taken that Strangers were present.
§ Whereupon Mr. DEPUTY-SPEAKER, pursuant to Standing Order No. 89, put the Question, " That strangers be ordered to withdraw."
§ Question agreed to.
§ Strangers withdrew accordingly.
§ [The House then went into Secret Session.]
§ The following record of the proceedings in Secret Session appeared in the Votes and Proceedings
§
Resolved,
That the Proceedings in connection with a statement to be made by the Lord Privy Seal, and upon any consequential Motion relating to the Sittings of the House be held in Secret Session."— [Mr. Attlee.]
§ Later, the House resumed in Public Session.