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Parliamentary Procedure

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009

To ask the Leader of the House what the (a) date, (b) time and (c) number voting in each lobby was in each division which took place after 11pm in each Session (i) from 1983-84 to 1997-98 and (ii) since 1999-2000. (279127)

To ask the Leader of the House how many speeches were given by each of the 30 hon. and right hon. Members who delivered the most speeches in the Chamber in Session (a) 1983-84, (b) 1987-88, (c) 1991-92, (d) 1997-98, (e) 2001-02, (f) 2005-06 and (g) 2008-09. (279137)

To ask the Leader of the House what the (a) average hour of rising of the House, (b) number of divisions, (c) number of public bills (i) passed and (ii) reported from Standing or Public Bill Committee, (d) number of affirmative statutory instruments (A) debated in Standing Committee and (B) debated on the Floor of the House, (e) number of prayers against statutory instruments (1) debated in Standing Committee and (2) debated on the Floor of the House, (f) number of Opposition days and (g) number of Bills guillotined or programmed was in the first 100 sitting days of Session (u) 1983-84, (v) 1984-85, (w) 1997-98, (x) 1998-99, (y) 2005-06 and (z) 2006-07. (279140)

It has not been possible to source all of the information requested as this would incur disproportionate cost. However I am able to provide the following information:

1983-84

1984-85

1997-98

1998-99

2005-06

2006-07

(a) Average hour of rising of the House

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

(b) Number of divisions

n/a

307

380

323

343

221

(c) Number of public Bills

178

153

209

144

174

129

(c) (i) Number of public Bills passed

73

75

62

99

57

33

(c) (ii) Number of public Bills reported from Standing or Public Bill Committee

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

(d) Number of affirmative SIs

n/a

n/a

225

178

271

223

(d) (A) Number of affirmative SIs debated in Standing Committee

n/a

n/a

168

149

241

186

(d) (B) Number of affirmative SIs debated on the floor of the House

n/a

n/a

30

21

19

10

(e) Number of prayers against SIs

n/a

n/a

300

51

41

17

(e) (1) Number of prayers against SIs debated in Standing Committee

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

(e) (2) Number of prayers against SIs debated on the floor of the House

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

(f) Number of opposition days

23

28

20

21

20

20

(g) Number of Bills guillotined or programmed within first 100 days of Session

0

1

4

2

n/a

n/a