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Mr. Cope
asked the Lord President of the Council which Finance Bills since 1906 have been debated on the Floor of the House for more than seven days.
Mr. Edward Short
More than seven days were taken on the Floor of the House on all stages of every Finance Bill since 1908, except the following:
| 1908 | 1928–29 | 1942–43 |
| 1910 | *1930–31 | 1943–44 |
| 1911 | 1933–34 | *1944–45 |
| 1912 | 1937–38 | 1945–46 |
| 1913 | 1938–39 | 1947–48 |
| *1914 | 1939–40 | 1954–55 |
| 1919 | *1939–40 | 1963–64 |
| 1924 | 1940–41 | 1964–65 |
| 1928 | 1941–42 | †1969–70 |
| 1972–73 | ||
| * Autumn. | ||
| † Election intervened. | ||