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HOUSE OF LORDS - United Kingdom Parliament

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APPENDIX G<br />

PROROGATION BY COMMISSION<br />

Without Royal Assent<br />

At the time appointed, the Lords Commissioners enter the Chamber, and<br />

the Commons are summoned (see appendix C, pages 239–240), as follows:<br />

“Mr Speaker, the Lords who are authorised by virtue of Her Majesty’s<br />

commission to declare Her Royal Assent to Acts [and Measures]<br />

passed by both Houses [and to an Act passed in accordance with the<br />

provisions of the <strong>Parliament</strong> Acts 1911 and 1949], and also to declare<br />

the prorogation of <strong>Parliament</strong>, desire the presence of this honourable<br />

House in the House of Peers.”<br />

The presiding Commissioner says:<br />

“My Lords and Members of the House of Commons,<br />

Her Majesty, not thinking fit to be personally present here at this time, has<br />

been pleased to cause a Commission to be issued under the Great Seal,<br />

for proroguing this present <strong>Parliament</strong>; and we are commanded to deliver<br />

to you Her Majesty’s Speech in Her Majesty’s own words.”<br />

The presiding Commissioner then reads the Queen’s Speech.<br />

The Commission for proroguing <strong>Parliament</strong> is then read (see<br />

appendix C, page 239), after which the presiding Commissioner, still<br />

seated and covered, says:<br />

“My Lords and Members of the House of Commons,<br />

By virtue of Her Majesty’s Commission under the Great Seal to us<br />

and other Lords directed and now read, we do in Her Majesty’s<br />

Name, and in obedience to Her Majesty’s Commands, prorogue this<br />

<strong>Parliament</strong> to … the … day of … to be then here holden, and this<br />

<strong>Parliament</strong> is accordingly prorogued to … the … day of ….”<br />

The Commons then withdraw (see appendix C, page 239).<br />

As soon as the Commons have withdrawn, the Commissioners rise<br />

and bow to the House. The Lord Speaker, if she is a member of the<br />

Commission, moves to stand in front of the Woolsack. The Deputy<br />

Serjeant-at-Arms (the Yeoman Usher) takes up the Mace from the<br />

Woolsack, and the Lord Speaker leaves the House by the Bar. As soon as<br />

she has left the House the remaining Commissioners turn right and are<br />

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