Sittings Of The House

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To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will publish in the Official Report a consolidated list of the occasions on which the House has sat later than 1.30 am since 1958.

[pursuant to his reply, 10 June 1988, c. 714]: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to his previous written question on 13 April 1988, Official Report, columns 166–68. It would be inappropriate to republish this information in a consolidated form.The following tables set out the revised figures for the current Session (1987–88) to date and also the total number of occasions in each Session since 1958 when the House sat after 1.30 am.

Table I
House sits after 1.30 am
Session	Number of occasions	Time at which adjourned (am unless stated)	Date
1987–88 (to date)	24	1.34	14 July 1987
		1.40	17 February 1988
		1.45	27 April 1988
		1·50	9 February 1988
		1.53	6 July 1987
		1.53	7 July 1987
		1.53	15 December 1987
		1.57	13 April 1988
		2.11	10 May 1988
		2.20	8 February 1988
		2.23	30 March 1988
		2.29	23 May 1988
		2.31	2 December 1987
		2.47	2 March 1988
		2.55	29 March 1988
		2.56	3 February 1988
		3.27	20 July 1987
		4.01	21 October 1987
		4.07	9 March 1988
		5.58	25 May 1988
		8.30	10 March 1988
		9.24	8 December 1987
		9.27	13 July 1987
		¹8.55	10 November 1987

¹ pm.

Table II
Occasions when the House sat after 1.30 am
Session	Number
1959–60	8
1960–61	16
1961–62	10
1962–63	9
1963–64	4
1964–65	27
1965–66	7
1966–67	40
1967–68	21
1968–69	24
1969–70	9
1970–71	33
1971–72	30
1972–73	24
1973–74	4
1974	10
1974–75	35
1975–76	39
1976–77	23
1977–78	21
1978–79	8
1979–80	41
1980–81	28
1981–82	22
1982–83	13
1983–84	34
1984–85	35
1985–86	18
1986–87	6
1987–88¹	24
¹ To date.

Volume 135: debated on Monday 13 June 1988