– in the House of Commons at on 15 October 1941.
Mr Hastings Lees-Smith
, Keighley
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister without Portfolio whether he has any statement to make about the Business for this day?
Mr Arthur Greenwood
, Wakefield
We are taking the first two Orders on the Paper. We do not propose to take the Fish Sales (Charges) Order to-day. After the first two Orders the Adjournment of the House will be moved.
Sir James Henderson-Stewart
, Fife Eastern
Can the right hon. Gentleman indicate when it is proposed to take this Order, as some importance attaches to it.
Mr Arthur Greenwood
, Wakefield
It is difficult for me to say, but clearly it will be taken at the earliest opportunity.
A Minister without Portfolio is a government minister with no specific responsibilities.
An adjournment is a break in the course of parliamentary business.
The House adjourns at the end of each day's business.
On a daily basis the House adjourns, or breaks, half an hour after the moving of the adjournment debate.
The House is also adjourned for several holiday periods during the session.
The more lengthy adjournments - often coinciding with the academic calendar - are known as recesses.
