[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]

The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod (Lieut.-General Sir Brian G. Horrocks, K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C.) was announced.

Addressing Mr. SPEAKER, THE GENTLEMAN USHER said: The King commands this Honourable House to attend His Majesty immediately in the House of Peers.

The House went, and, having returned—

The Sitting was suspended until Half-past Two o'Clock, and then resumed.