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House of Lords Late Sittings

Lord Harris of Greenwich asked the Chairman of Committees:

On which dates in the present Session the House adjourned after 10 pm; and at what time the House of

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Commons adjourned or began its adjournment debate, whichever was the earlier, on each of those days.

The Chairman of Committees (Lord Boston of Faversham): In the present Session up to and including Friday 14 March, the House of Lords has adjourned after 10 pm on 28 occasions out of a total of 74 sitting days. On 26 of these occasions the House of Lords has sat later than the House of Commons, not including debate on the adjournment. The detailed information requested is given in the following table.

All times are pm unless otherwise indicated.

Date	House of Lords Adjournment Time	House of Commons Start of Adjournment Debate
28 October 1996	10:17	10:04
30 October 1996	10:46	10:28
21 November 1996	10:00	7:15
26 November 1996	12:07 am	9:24
27 November 1996	10:10	10:00
2 December 1996	10:04	10:00
10 December 1996	11:23	10:03
16 December 1996	10:43	10:34
20 January 1997	01:35 am	(1)10:00
21 January 1997	10:43	12:02 am
23 January 1997	10:30	8:44
27 January 1997	10:38	10:17
4 February 1997	11:17	10:28
11 February 1997	10:30	10:31
13 February 1997	11:18	6:19
18 February 1997	11:18	8:56
20 February 1997	10:21	10:01
24 February 1997	11:08	9:59
25 February 1997	11:30	10:30
27 February 1997	11:34	(1)9:39
3 March 1997	03:05 am	7:06
4 March 1997	11:36	9:57
5 March 1997	10:52	10:00
6 March 1997	11:02	9:54
10 March 1997	12:31 am	10:00
11 March 1997	11:00	10:46
12 March 1997	10:20	10:07
13 March 1997	10:46	9:57

(1) Indicates time of adjournment for the House of Commons, when no adjournment debate took place.

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