House of Commons - Sessional Returns 2002-03

Sessional Returns 2002-03 - Contents

2. CLOSURE OF DEBATE, PROPOSAL OF QUESTION AND ALLOCATION OF TIME

Information and statistics relating to applications of Standing Order No. 36 (Closure of debate) in the House, in Committee of the whole House and in Standing Committees; applications of Standing Order No. 29 (Powers of Chair to propose question) in the House, Committee of the whole House and Standing Committees; and Bills in respect of which allocation of time orders were made under Standing Order No. 83 (Allocation of time to bills) or to which Programme Motions or Business of the House Orders applied.

A. Closure of Debate

In the House

The Closure was claimed on 31 occasions. Assent of the Chair was withheld on 1 of these occasions. On no occasion was the Question negatived; on every occasion at least 100 Members voted in the majority in support of the motion, so the Question was in every case decided. The Closure was agreed to on 30 occasions, of which 5 were on division.

Date	Question	Result
Wednesday 20th November 2002	Queen's speech (Motion for an Address); That an Humble address be presented to Her Majesty	Agreed
Monday 25th November 2002	Motion (UN Security Council Resolution 1441).	Agreed
Monday 16th December 2002	Hunting Bill (2nd Reading); That the Amendment be made	Agreed on division Ayes 371 , Noes 155
Wednesday 8th January 2003	Opposition Day (1st); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Monday 13th January 2003	Opposition Day (2nd); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Tuesday 14th January 2003	Opposition Day; That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Monday 20th January 2003	Opposition Day (3rd); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Tuesday 22nd January 2003	Motion (Defence in the World); That this House do now adjourn	Agreed
Thursday 30th January 2003	Opposition Day (4th: 1st part); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Wednesday 12th February 2003	Opposition Day (4th: 2nd part); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Friday 7th March 2003	Retirement Income Reform Bill; That the Bill be read a second time	Agreed on division Ayes 127 , Noes 29
Thursday 29th April 2003	Opposition Day (5th); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Thursday 15th May 2003	Opposition Day (6th); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Wednesday 4th June 2003	Opposition Day (7th); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Tuesday 10th June 2003	Mersey Tunnels Bill; That the Amendment be made	Agreed on division Ayes 172 , Noes 70
Wednesday 11th June 2003	Opposition Day (8th); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Monday 16th June 2003	Motion (Leave of Absence); That the Speaker have leave of absence	Agreed on division Ayes 324 , Noes 105
Tuesday 17th June 2003	Opposition Day (9th); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Tuesday 17th June 2003	Opposition Day (9th); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Monday 23rd June 2003	Opposition Day (10th); That the original words stand part of the Question	Agreed
Wednesday 25th June 2003	Opposition Day (11th); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Wednesday 25th June 2003	Opposition Day (11th); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Wednesday 2nd July 2003	Opposition Day (12th); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Monday 7th July 2003	Opposition Day (13th); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Monday 7th July 2003	Opposition Day (13th); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Wednesday 16th July 2003	Opposition Day (14th); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Assent Withheld
Wednesday 10th September 2003	Opposition Day (16th); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Wednesday 15th October 2003	Opposition Day (18th); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Wednesday 5th November 2003	Opposition Day (6th:second part); That the original words stand part of the Question.	Agreed
Thursday 20th November 2003	Motion (Sittings of the House); That the Question be now put.	Agreed on division Ayes 331, Noes 175

In Committee of the whole House

On no occasion was the Closure claimed.

In Standing Committee

On no occasion was the Closure claimed.

B. Power of Chair to propose Question

In the House

Date	Question	Result
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In Committee of the whole House

Date	Question	Result
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In Standing Committee

Date	Committee, subject and Question	Result
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C1. Allocation of Time

In the House and in Committee of the whole House

Bill	Date of Order	Stage	Period allotted	Period taken (excluding proceedings on the Order; including time taken on divisions)
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In Standing Committee

Bill	Date of Order	Period allotted and/or date for report from Standing Committee	Period taken (excluding proceedings on the Order) and/or date of report from Standing Committee
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C2. Allocation of Time (Programme Motions)

In the House and in Committee of the whole House

Bill	Date of Order	Date of Reports of Programming Committee or Business Committee as appropriate (if applicable)	Stage	Period allotted on the floor of the House	Period taken (excluding proceedings on the Order)
Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill	26 Nov (to CwH & Stg Co)	-	Committee of the whole House	To be completed in 1 day
			Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the day those proceedings commenced
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the day those proceedings commenced
	18 Dec	-	Committee of the whole House	To be brought to a conclusion 6 hours after commencement of proceedings	5 hours and 40 minutes
	23 Jan	19 Dec	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 2 hours before the moment of interruption on the day those proceedings commenced	2 hours and 47 minutes
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the day those proceedings commenced	36 minutes
	30 Apr	-	Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion 4 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day	4 hours and 1 minute
			Subsequent stages	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day
Health (Wales)	27 Nov	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day	1 hour and 51 minutes
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day	23 minutes
Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.)	28 Nov	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day	3 hours and 45 minutes
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day	57 minutes
	19 Mar	-	Lords Amendments	Moment of interruption on same day	6 hours and 6 minutes
			Subsequent stages	1 hour after commencement of proceedings	55 minutes
Communications	3 Dec	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day
	10 Feb	6 Feb	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the second day	5 hours and 41 minutes (1st day) 5 hours and 33 minutes (2nd day)
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the second day	46 minutes
	14 July	-	Lords Amendments	Moment of interruption on the same day	5 hours and 14 minutes
			Subsequent stages	1 hour after commencement of proceedings
Criminal Justice	4 Dec	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day
	6 Feb	4 Feb		[Amended out date of Standing Committee]
	5 Mar	4 Mar	Consideration and Third Reading	To be brought to a conclusion by Moment of interruption on the third day
	2 Apr	1 Apr	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 6½ hours after commencement of proceedings on the first day	6 hours and 57 minutes (1st day)
			Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 6½ hours after commencement of proceedings on the second day	6 hours and 16 minutes (2nd day)
			Consideration and Third Reading	To be brought to a conclusion 6½ hours after commencement of proceedings on the third day	1 hour and 7 minutes (Third Reading)
	19 May	14 May	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 5½ hours after commencement of proceedings on the third day	5 hours and 32 minutes (3rd day)
	18 Nov	-	Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion 6 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day	6 hours and 16 minutes
			Subsequent stages	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day	1 hour and 45 minutes 44 minutes
Extradition	9 Dec	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day
	25 Mar	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 4½ hours after commencement of proceedings on the Motion for the Order	4 hours and 53 minutes
			Third Reading	To be brought to a conclusion 6½ hours after commencement of proceedings on the Motion for the Order	1 hour and 21 minutes
	13 Nov	-	Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion at 6 o'clock on the same day	1 hour and 25 minutes
			Subsequent stages	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day
European Parliament (Representation)	10 Dec	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day	4 hours and 23 minutes
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day	39 minutes
	28 Apr	-	Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion 3 hours after commencement of proceedings on the same day	2 hours and 28 minutes
			Subsequent stages	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day
Hunting	16 Dec	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day
	12 Feb	11 Feb		[Amended out date of Standing Committee]
	30 June	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 5½ hours after commencement of proceedings on the Motion for the Order	4 hours and 48 minutes
	1 July	-	Consideration following re-committal	To be brought to a conclusion 2 hours after commencement of proceedings	2 hours and 16 minutes (consideration) 1 hour and 15 minutes (Third Reading)
Planning and Compulsory Purchase	17 Dec	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day
	8 Sept	-		[Amended out date of Standing Committee for re-committed Bill]
Local Government	7 Jan	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day
	28 Jan	21 Jan		[Amended out date of Standing Committee]
	25 Feb	13 Feb	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on the first day	6 hours and 40 minutes
			Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the second day	5 hours and 39 minutes (Third Reading also taken)
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the second day
	15 Sept	-	Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on the same day	6 hours and 5 minutes
			Subsequent stages	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day	1 hour and 2 minutes
Electricity (Miscellaneous Provisions)	27 Jan (to CwH)	-	Committee of the whole House and consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day	3 hours and 6 minutes
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day	58 minutes
	30 Apr	-	Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day	18 minutes
			Subsequent stages	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day
Railways and Transport Safety	28 Jan	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day	5 hours and 54 minutes
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day	24 minutes
	8 July	-	Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day	49 minutes
			Subsequent stages	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day
Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]	10 Feb	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day
	4 Mar	-		[Amended out date of Standing Committee]
	5 Mar	-		[Amended out date of Standing Committee]
	26 Mar	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 6½ hours after commencement of proceedings on the first day	6 hours and 28 minutes (1st day)
			Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion by 6 pm on the second day	4 hours and 49 minutes (2nd day)
			Third Reading	To be brought to a conclusion by 7 pm on the second day	1 hour and 9 minutes
	7 Apr	-	Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion 2 hours after commencement of proceedings on the same day	1 hour and 17 minutes
			Subsequent stages	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day
Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections and Periods of Suspension)	12 May		Committee of the whole House, Consideration and Third Reading	To be brought to a conclusion at 10 o'clock on the same day	24 minutes 34 minutes (Consideration) 11 minutes (Third Reading)
			Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day	1 hour
Northern Ireland Assembly Elections	17 Mar		Committee of the whole House, Consideration and Third Reading	To be brought to a conclusion at 10 o'clock on the same day	20 minutes 2 minutes (Third Reading)
			Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day
Waste and Emissions Trading [Lords]	20 Mar	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day	4 hours and 28 minutes
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day	1 hour
Licensing [Lords]	24 Mar	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day
	16 June	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 5½ hours after commencement of proceedings on the Motion for the Order	5 hours and 29 minutes
			Third Reading	To be brought to a conclusion 6½ hours after commencement of proceedings on the Motion for the Order	1 hour and 2 minutes
	24 June	-	Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day	1 hour and 13 minutes
			Subsequent stages	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day	1 hour and 1 minute
Crime (International Co-operation) [Lords]	1 Apr	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day	3 hours and 11 minutes
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day	15 minutes
	7 May	-		[Amended out date of Standing Committee]
Anti-social Behaviour	8 Apr	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day
	24 June	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 5 hours after commencement of proceedings on the Motion for the Order	4 hours and 25 minutes
			Third Reading	To be brought to a conclusion 6 hours after commencement of proceedings on the Motion for the Order	35 minutes
	17 Nov	-	Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion 3 hours after commencement of proceedings on the same day	3 hours and 1 minute
			Subsequent stages	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day
Finance	6 May (to CwH & Stg Co)	-	Committee of the whole House	To be completed in 2 days
	8 May	-		[amended split committal]
	13 May	12 May	Committee of the whole House	To be brought to a conclusion 6½ hours after commencement of proceedings on the Motion for the Order on the first day	6 hours and 38 minutes (1st day)
				To be brought to a conclusion 6½ hours after commencement of proceedings on the second day	6 hours and 37 minutes (2nd day)
	4 June	-		[Amended out date of Standing Committee]
	1 July	30 June	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 8 hours after commencement of proceedings on the first Ways and Means Motion relating to the Bill	9 hours and 3 minutes (Third reading also taken)
			Third Reading	To be brought to a conclusion 9½ hours after commencement of proceedings on the first Ways and Means Motion relating to the Bill
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards)	7 May	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day
	8 July	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 7 hours after commencement of proceedings on the Motion for the Order	6 hours and 24 minutes
			Third Reading	To be brought to a conclusion 8 hours after commencement of proceedings on the Motion for the Order	1 hour and 12 minutes
	19 Nov	-	Lords Amendments	Proceedings on a motion to disagree with Lords Amendment No. 1 to be brought to a conclusion 2 hours after their commencement; remaining proceedings on consideration to be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of those proceedings.	2 hours and 18 minutes
			Subsequent stages	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day	56 minutes 1 hour and 18 minutes
Fire Services	8 May (to CwH)	-	Committee of the whole House and consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day
	3 June	-	Committee of the whole House and consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 5½ hours after commencement of proceedings on the Motion for the Order	6 hours and 6 minutes (Third Reading also taken)
			Third Reading	To be brought to a conclusion 6½ hours after commencement of proceedings on the Motion for the Order
	12 Nov	-	Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day	1 hour and 11 minutes
			Subsequent stages	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day
European Union (Accessions)	21 May (to CwH)	-	Committee of the whole House and consideration	To be brought to a conclusion by 6 pm on the same day	3 hours and 7 minutes (Third Reading also taken)
			Third Reading	To be brought to a conclusion by 7 pm on the same day
	11 Nov	-	Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day
			Subsequent stages	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day
Courts [Lords]	9 June	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 5½ hours after commencement of proceedings	5 hours and 5 minutes
			Third Reading	To be brought to a conclusion 6½ hours after commencement of proceedings on consideration	28 minutes
	17 Nov	-	Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day	12 minutes
			Subsequent stages	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day
Sexual Offences [Lords]	15 July	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day	5 hours and 8 minutes
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day	44 minutes
	18 Nov		Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day	1 hour and 8 minutes
			Subsequent stages	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day
Water [Lords]	8 Sept	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day	5 hours and 56 minutes
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day	35 minutes
	15 Sept	-		[Amended out date of Standing Committee]
	5 Nov	-		[set out internal knives for consideration stage]
Northern Ireland (Monitoring commission etc.) [Lords]	17 Sept		Committee of the whole House, Consideration and Third Reading	To be brought to a conclusion 9 hours after commencement of proceedings on the Motion for the Order	1 hour and 57 minutes 23 minutes (Third Reading)
			Lords Amendments	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour after commencement of proceedings on the same day
European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots)	21 Oct	-	Consideration	To be brought to a conclusion 1 hour before the moment of interruption on the same day
			Third Reading	Moment of interruption on the same day
	29 Oct	-		[Amended out date of Standing Committee]

In Standing Committee

Bill	Date of Order	Date for report from Standing Committee	Dates of reports from Programming Sub-committee	Date of report from Standing Committee
Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill	26th November 2002 (to CwH & Stg Co)	19th December 2002	3rd December 2002; 19th December 2002	19th December 2002
Health (Wales) Bill	27th November 2002	12th December 2002	10th December 2002	12th December 2002
Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill	28th November 2002	12th December 2002	10th December 2002	12th December 2002
Communications Bill	3rd December 2002	6th February 2003	10th December 2002; 12 December 2002	6th February 2003
Criminal Justice Bill	4th December 2002	27th February 2003	17th December 2002; 9th January 2003; 23rd January 2003; 4th February 2003; 27th February 2003; 4th March 2003	4th March 2003
Extradition Bill	9th December 2002	21 January 2003	7th January 2003; 21st January 2003	21st January 2003
European Parliament (Representation) Bill	10th December 2002	16th January 2003	7th January 2003	16th January 2003
Hunting Bill (re-committed)	16th December 2002 1st July	13th February 2003 7th July 2003	7th January 2003; 11th February 2003 3rd July	28th February 2003 3rd July 2003
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill (re-committed)	17th December 2002 8th September 2003	28th January 2003 23rd October 2003	9th January 2003; 14th January 2003 14th October 2003	27th October 2003
Local Government Bill	7th January 2003	6th February 2003	21st January 2003; 30th January 2003; 13 February 2003	13th February 2003
Railways and Transport Safety Bill	28th January 2003	11th March 2003	4th February 2003	11th March 2003
Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]	10th February 2003	4th March 2003	25th February 2003; 4th March 2003; 6th March 2003	11th March 2003
Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords]	20th March 2003	29th April 2003	3rd April 2003; 10th April 2003	29th April 2003
Licensing Bill [Lords]	24th March 2003	20th May 2003	1st April 2003; 3rd April 2003	20th May 2003
Crime (International Co-operation) Bill [Lords]	1st April 2003	22nd May 2003	10th June 2003	19th June 2003
Anti-social Behaviour Bill	8th April 2003	22nd May 2003	6th May 2003	22nd May 2003
Finance Bill	6th May (to CwH & Stg Co)	12th June 2003	5th May 2003; 5th June 2003; 10th June 2003; 12th June 2003	17th June 2003
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill	7th May 2003	19th June 2003	13th May 2003; 22nd May 2003	19th June 2003
Courts Bill [Lords]	9th June 2003	10th July 2003	26th June 2003	10th July 2003
Sexual Offences Bill [Lords]	15th July 2003	14th October 2003	9th September 2003	14th October 2003
Water Bill [Lords]	8th September 2003	21st October 2003	16th September 2003; 21st October 2003	23rd October 2003
European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill	21st October 2003 29th November 2003	30th October 2003	30th October 2003	4th November 2003

C3. Allocation of Time (Business of the House Motions)

In the House and in Committee of the whole House

Bill	Date of Order	Stage	Period allotted	Period taken (excluding proceedings on the Order)
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