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Text File  |  1998-03-19  |  331b  |  11 lines
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  4. As in the Commons, the timetable in the Lords begins with
  5. Prayers. These are read by a bishop, with members 
  6. kneeling on their benches.
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  8. Immediately after Prayers, any newly-created peers, 
  9. bishops, or hereditary peers sitting for the first time go 
  10. through the ceremony of introduction - and take the Oath 
  11. or Affirm.