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Written Answers to Questions

Tuesday 10 February 2009

Scotland

Departmental Plants

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on cut flowers in each of the last three years. [256170]

Ann McKechin: The Scotland Office does not maintain a central record of flowers purchased.

Departmental Press

Mr. MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) journals his Department has subscriptions to. [252986]

Ann McKechin: The Scotland Office orders a selection of newspapers and magazines on a weekly basis, which varies according to demand. The Department does not subscribe to any journals.

Leader of the House

Legislative Process

Mr. Amess: To ask the Leader of the House how many minutes were spent on the Third Reading of each Bill passed by the House since May 2005. [255099]

Chris Bryant: The information is provided in the following table. This includes any time spent on Divisions.

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Date	Bill	Time spent on third reading (Hrs. mins)
Session 2005-06
6 July 2005	Finance Bill	0.22
11 July 2005	Racial and Religious Hatred Bill(1)	1.04
14 July 2005	Consumer Credit Bill	1.06
20 July 2005	Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill	0.41
10 October 2005	Civil Aviation Bill	0.39
11 October 2005	Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill	0.21
17 October 2005	Transport (Wales) Bill	1.27
18 October 2005	Identity Cards Bill(1)	1.01
10 November 2005	Terrorism Bill	4.00
14 November 2005	Violent Crime Reduction Bill	0.45
16 November 2005	Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill(1)	0.47
24 November 2005	European Union (Accessions) Bill	0.19
30 November 205	Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill	2.15
1 December 2005	Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill	0.40
6 December 2005	London Olympics Bill	0.43
15 December 2005	National Insurance Contributions Bill	0.32
11 January 2006	Electoral Administration Bill	0.29
16 January 2006	Equality Bill (Lords)	1.00
18 January 2006	Work and Families Bill	1.15
19 January 2006	National Lottery Bill(1)	0.43
26 January 2006	Criminal Defence Service Bill (Lords)	0.44
14 February 2006	Health Bill(1)	1.07
28 February 2006	Government of Wales Bill(1)	1.33
7 March 2006	Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill (Lords)	0.15
9 March 2006	Childcare Bill	0.26
14 March 2006	Animal Welfare Bill	0.18
27 April 2006	Northern Ireland Bill	0.01
10 May 2006	Police and Justice Bill	0.16
11 May 2006	Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill	0.34
16 May 2006	Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill(1)	0.33
17 May 2006	Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill	0.42
22 May 2006	Armed Forces Bill	0.42
24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill(1)	0.46
20 June 2006	Children and Adoption Bill (Lords)(1)	0.56
29 June 2006	Commons Bill (Lords)	0.19
5 July 2006	Finance (No. 2) Bill(1)	0.45
13 July 2006	NHS Redress Bill (Lords)(1)	0.38
17 July 2006	Compensation Bill (Lords)	0.41
19 July 2006	Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill (Lords)	0.22
9 October 2006	Road Safety Bill (Lords)	0.45
19 October 2006	Companies Bill (Lords)	0.58
23 October 2006	Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill (Lords)	0.18
25 October 2006	Charities Bill (Lords)	0.44
26 October 2006	Fraud Bill (Lords)	0.20
Session 2006-07
28 November 2006	Investment Exchanges and Clearing Houses Bill	0.15
9 January 2007	Welfare Reform Bill	0.44
25 January 2007	Fraud (Trials without a jury) Bill(1)	0.48
29 January 2007	Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill(1)	0.25
6 February 2007	Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill(1)	0.50
20 February 2007	Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill(1)	1.16
20 February 2007	Income Tax Bill	0.48
27 February 2007	Greater London Authority Bill(1)	0.55
28 February 2007	Offender Management Bill(1)	1.20
13 March 2007	Statistics and Registration Service Bill	1.00
27 March 2007	Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) (No. 2) Bill	0.01
18 April 2007	Pensions Bill	0.59
9 May 2007	UK Borders Bill	0.43
22 May 2007	Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill(1)	0.55
14 June 2007	Rating (Empty Properties) Bill	0.33
19 June 2007	Mental Health Bill (Lords)(1)	1.02
26 June 2007	Finance Bill(1)	0.34
27 June 2007	Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill (Lords)	0.21
28 June 2007	Concessionary Bus Travel Bill (Lords)	0.13
5 July 2007	Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill (Lords)	0.50
12 July 2007	Further Education and Training Bill (Lords)	1.02
17 July 2007	Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill (Lords)	0.10
23 July 2007	Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill (Lords)	0.57
15 October 2007	Legal Services Bill (Lords)	0.55
22 October 2007	Serious Crime Bill (Lords)	0.28
Session 2007-08
3 December 2007	Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill	0.35
9 January 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill	0.32
17 January 2008	Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill	0.14
31 January 2008	National Insurance Contributions Bill(1)	1.00
19 February 2008	Banking (Special Provisions) Bill(1)	1.37
11 March 2008	European Union (Amendment) Bill(1)	6.18
31 March 2008	Housing and Regeneration Bill	0.19
30 April 2008	Energy Bill	0.32
13 May 2008	Education and Skills Bill	0.35
11 June 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill(1)	0.11
2 July 2008	Finance Bill(1)	0.31
10 July 2008	Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill(1)	0.47
8 October 2008	Children and Young Persons Bill(1)	0.27
22 October 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill(1)	0.21
27 October 2008	Local Transport Bill (Lords)(1)	0.27
28 October 2008	Climate Change Bill (Lords)(1)	0.16
3 November 2008	Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill (Lords)	0.26
4 November 2008	Employment Bill (Lords)	0.32
(1) Includes Division

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