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LORDS' INFORMATION OFFICE: RECESS HOURS

The Lords Information Office will be answering calls from the public from 10.30 - 13.00 and from 14.00 - 16.00 every weekday between Monday 24 March and Tuesday 13 May 1997 inclusive except fro 27 March - 4 April and 5 - 9 May 1997 inclusive. A recorded message will be played at other times but callers are unable to leave a message on our ansaphone

HOURS: Monday - Friday 10 am - 5 pm (During recess 11 am - 4 pm)

STATE OF THE PARTIES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
AS AT 21 MARCH 1997

Conservative	321	Scottish National Party		4
		(Messrs Salmond, Welsh & Mrs Ewing,
Labour	272	Ms Cunningham)
Liberal Democrats	26	Ulster Democratic Unionist Party		3
		(Messrs Paisley, P Robinson
Ulster Unionists	9	& McCrea)
(Messrs Beggs, Forsythe,
Maginnis, Molyneaux, Ross,		United Kingdom Unionist		1
Smyth, J D Taylor, Trimble, Walker)		(Mr R McCartney)
Plaid Cymru	4	Referendum Party		1
(Messrs Dafis, I W Jones,		(Sir George Gardiner)
Llwyd & Wigley)
		The Speaker and		4
Social Democratic & Labour Party	4	3 Deputies+
(Messrs Hendron, Hume, Mallon,
& McGrady)		Vacant seats: Meriden, Don Valley		2
			Total	651

There is no Government majority

+ Do not normally vote

The total number of women MPs is 63 of whom:

38 Lab, 17 Con, 4 LD, 2 SNP, 1 Speaker, 1 Deputy Speaker