PARLIAMENT’S TRIBUTE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 38, 24 January 1936, Page 5

PARLIAMENT’S TRIBUTE.

Course To Be Followed in Commons.

EXPRESSIONS OF LOYALTY TO NEW MONARCH

Press Association —Copyright. London, Jan. 23. To-day. through the spoken words of the leaders of all parties. Parliament will pay its tribute to the memory of the late King. It will also express with sincerity and unanimity its loyal devotion to the new sovereign, coupled with a declaration of belief that his reign, like that of his father, will be marked by unswerving efforts to promote the welfare of the realm. Mr. Stanley Baldwin. Prime Minister, will move a series of resolutions this afternoon. The first will be addressed to King Edward, its terms representing the feelings of loyalty of the House of Commons as a whole. There will be a resolution of condolence with Queen Mary on the great loss she has suffered, and it will embody the wish of the House that Her Majesty should at the same time be assured of the unalterable affection in which she is held by the Parliamentary representatives of the nation. More formal resolutions will be to the effect that the members of the House of Commons will attend the funeral service for King George. The House of Commons will receive a gracious message from the King respecting the death of His Majesty. The House will then consider the address to the King and a message to Queen Mary, and the business will conclude in time for the House to attend at Westminster Hall at 4 o’clock to be present on the arrival of the body of the late King. The House will adjourn till February 4, the original date fixed for the reassembly of Parliament.