Submission from Phil Hope MP
You wrote recently for views on the modernisation
of the Commons sitting hours.
I am concerned that the new hours have not been
a success in the way they were originally intended, and indeed
have had unhelpful unintended consequences.
I support the proposal for starting an hour
earlier and finishing an hour early on Thursdays. But I believe
Tuesdays should return to the 2.30 pm start and 10.00 pm finish.
I do not believe the September sittings have
worked and, moreover, have proved to be a real problem for the
work I used to do with schools and others in this period in my
constituency. This period should be revoked.
August 2004
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