SUMMER ADJOURNMENT 2010
Members wishing to table Questions in person may do so in the usual way in the Table Office until 7.30 pm or the rising of
the House (whichever is earlier) on Tuesday 27 July. Thereafter, they may table oral and written Questions electronically
or by post.
QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER IN SEPTEMBER
Under Standing Order No. 22(6), the Speaker has made the following arrangements for tabling Questions for oral answer in the
first sitting week in September:
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Last date of tabling*
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Date for answer
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Departments etc.
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Tuesday 31 August
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Monday 6 September
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Home Office
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Tuesday 31 August
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Tuesday 7 September
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Health
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Tuesday 31 August
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Wednesday 8 September
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Wales
Prime Minister
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Monday 6 September
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Thursday 9 September
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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* The shuffles will be held at 12.30 pm. Questions which have already been tabled to the Secretary of State for Wales and
the Prime Minister for answer on Wednesday 28 July and to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for
answer on Thursday 29 July will be included in the shuffles for 8 and 9 September respectively, unless Members instruct the
Table Office otherwise.
For further details of last tabling days, see the Order of Oral Answers to Questions rota available from the Vote Office and
on the Bulletin Board on the parliamentary intranet at http://intranet.parliament.uk/questions.
The results of the shuffles on Tuesday 31 August will be published on Wednesday 1 September in a blue unofficial notice paper
available from the Vote Office and on http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmordbk2/cmob2.htm.
QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
The latest time for tabling a Question for written answer on a named day before the summer adjournment is 6.30 pm, or the
rising of the House if earlier, on Thursday 22 July (for answer on Tuesday 27 July). For Questions tabled between this time
and Tuesday 27 July, the earliest named day for a Question for written answer is Monday 6 September.
After the House has risen for the summer adjournment, Questions tabled for ordinary written answer and for named day written
answer up to 4.30 pm on Friday 3 September will be treated as having been tabled on that day. Such Questions for ordinary
written answer will be for answer on Tuesday 7 September; such Questions for named day written answer will be for answer not
earlier than Wednesday 8 September.
