Miscellaneous - Note on the Procedure for Royal Approbation of the Speaker [1983-05-27]
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Note for Speaker's file C.O. 118/3
General Election May/June 1983
Miss Porter at No.10 tells me that
1) it is expected that the Father of the House (? Mr. Callaghan) will take the Chair at 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday 15th June. He did
2) Black Rod will summon the Commons to the House of Lords to hear
3) the Opening Commission read and directions to go away and elect a Speaker. He did
4) Speeches etc., in the House of Commons. Yes
5) The Prime Minister will make an informal submission to the Queen (who will be at Windsor) informing Her of the name of the Commons' choice; ✔
6) at the same time the Lord Chancellor's formal submission and commission should go to Windsor (i.e. on the evening of Wednesday 15th June). ✔
7) The Commission may be expected back in the Crown Office and on Thursday 16th June. ✔ it was
8) On Thursday 16th at 2.30 p.m. both Houses will sit
9) the House of Lords will sit and the Lord Chancellor, as senior Commissioner, will convey the Royal Approbation to the Commons at the Bar of the House. ✔ done 16.6.83
(Sgd.) P
Crown Office,
27th May 1983.
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Document is typewritten with handwritten annotations in red ink.
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It provides a bit of context for the practice of having the Prime Minister and the Lord Chancellor make separate submissions to Queen Elizabeth II. The Prime Minister's is explicitly characterized as being "informal," though what that means in this context is unclear (the Prime Minister's submission was not in the folder, unfortunately).
For another discussion of the procedural aspects of Royal Approbation, see Item 462.
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