| Show Ille theda in the lienk of commons exchange before the speech from the throne Is read when the houses are resu returned medin in the afternoon by the lord chancellor in the house ot of commons it it is the practice in both houses to read one bill a first time pro forma in order to assert their right ot of deliberating without reference to the immediate cause came of summons summon this practice Is enjoined in jhc thc houte of lords by a standing In gorder order in the house oi of commons the same form Is observed pursuant to ancient custom and of the following resolution passed march 22 1603 that the first day of every sitting in every some one bill and no more recel veth a first reading for form take sake in 1 n the lioe of commons sir reginald palgrave the clerk of paril ments produced an ancient document which has served this purpose for at least a century entitled A bill for effectually preventing clandestine outlawries outlaw ries which was war duly read a first time and was war ordered to be read a second time and will never be heard of again till the opening of the next session |
