MEMORANDUM
CHRISTMAS ADJOURNMENT 2010
Members wishing to table questions in person may do so in the usual way in the Table Office until 10.30 pm or the rising of
the House (whichever is earlier) on Tuesday 21 December. Thereafter, they may table questions for oral and written answer
electronically or by post.
QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER
Under Standing Order No. 22(6), the Speaker has made the following arrangements for tabling Questions for oral answer in the
first sitting week in January:
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Last date of tabling*
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Date for answer
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Departments etc.
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Tuesday 21 December
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Monday 10 January
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Work and Pensions
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Tuesday 21 December
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Tuesday 11 January
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Justice
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Tuesday 21 December
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Wednesday 12 January
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International DevelopmentPrime Minister
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Monday 10 January(First sitting day in January)
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Thursday 13 January
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Business, Innovation and Skills
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* The shuffles will be held at 12.30 pm.
The results of the shuffles on 21 December will be published on 22 December in a blue unofficial notice paper available from
the Vote Office and on the internet at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmordbk2/cmob2.htm.
For further details of last tabling days, see the Order of Questions rota available from the Vote Office and on the internet
at http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons.
QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
The latest time for tabling a Question for written answer on a named day before the Christmas Adjournment is 6.30 pm or the
rising of the House (whichever is earlier) on Thursday 16 December (for answer on Tuesday 21 December). For Questions tabled
between this time and the rising of the House on Tuesday 21 December, the earliest named day for a Question for written answer
is Monday 10 January.
After the House has risen, Questions tabled for ordinary written answer and for named day written answer up to 4.30 pm on
Friday 7 January will be treated as having been tabled on that day. Such Questions for ordinary written answer will be for
answer on Tuesday 11 January 2011; such Questions for named day written answer will be for answer not earlier than Wednesday
12 January 2011.
