Ministerial Correction
Monday 10 November 2008
Leader of the House
Parliamentary Session
Mr. Baron: To ask the Leader of the House (1) how many hours the House sat in each session (a) in 1980, (b) in 1990 and (c) in each session between 1996 and 2006; [227355]
(2) how many hours the House spent considering (a) primary legislation on the Floor of the House and (b) delegated legislation (i) in Committee and (ii) on the floor of the House in each session commencing in (A) 1980, (B) 1990 and (C) each session between 1996 and 2006. [227367]
[Official Report, 16 October 2008, Vol. 480, c. 1377-78W.]
Letter of correction from Ms Harman:
Some errors have been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Billericay (Mr. Baron) on 16 October 2008. The total number of hours that the House sat in 2001-02 were not 1,540 hours 40 minutes as listed, but 1,296 hours 52 minutes. The listed number of hours considering primary and delegated legislation on the floor of the House also contained some errors.
The correct answer should have read:
The information given as follows is available in the sessional information digests:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsid.htm
| Number of hours the House sat each session | Number of hours considering primary legislation on the floor of the House | Number of hours considering delegated legislation on the floor of the House | ||||
| Hours | Minutes | Hours | Minutes | Hours | Minutes | |
| (1) Up until the 1984-85 session the sitting hours were not broken down. Therefore, only the total number of sitting hours can be provided. | ||||||
The number of hours considering primary legislation and delegated legislation in committee can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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