Prayers mark the daily opening of Parliament. The occassion is used by MPs to reserve seats in the Commons Chamber with 'prayer cards'. Prayers are not televised on the official feed.
This information is provided by Parallel Parliament and does not comprise part of the offical record
[Mr Speaker in the Chair]
Mr Speaker
Before we come to the statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, I would like to point out that a British Sign Language interpretation of proceedings is available to watch on parliamentlive.tv.