Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 19 December 1941.
Mr Clement Attlee
, Stepney Limehouse
On the next Sitting Day, Questions will be taken, and, if necessary, a statement on the war situation will be made on the Motion for the Adjournment of the House.
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.
