APPENDIX C
Business of the House: Statistics
A SITTINGS
|
| By calendar year
| 1999 |
1998 | 1997[7]
| 1996 |
|
| 1 Number of sittings days (excluding days when the House sat for judicial business only and swearing in days)
| 157 |
163 | 125
| 149 |
| 2 Number of weeks during which the House sat
| 37 |
39 | 31
| 37 |
| 3 Number of hours for which the House sat
| 1190:28
| 1211:21
| 816:39
| 1029:18
|
| 4 Average daily attendance
| 434 |
428 | 394
| 376 |
| 5 Average length of sitting
| 7:35 |
7:26 | 6:32
| 6:54 |
| 6 Number of divisions[8]
| 101 |
161 | 78
| 111 |
| (i) Government victories
| 62 |
120 | 63
| 98 |
| (ii) Government defeats
| 30 |
35 | 14
| 10 |
| (iii) Other divisions
| 9 |
6 | 1
| 3 |
|
B THE TIME OF THE HOUSE
(in hours) was divided approximately as follows:
|
| By calendar year |
1999
| 1998
| 1997[9]
| 1996
|
|
| 1 Prayers | 13:13
| 14:06 |
10:48 | 11:42
|
| 1.1%
| 1.2% |
1.3% | 1.1%
|
| 2 Introduction of new peers
| 5:15 |
5:00 | 15:22
| 7:10 |
| 0.4%
| 0.4% |
1.9% | 0.7%
|
| 3 Starred questions |
71:16 | 71:51
| 55:49 |
68:38 |
| 6.0%
| 5.9% |
6.8% | 6.7%
|
| 4 General debates | 195:01
| 167:58
| 170:43
| 230:44
|
| 16.4%
| 13.9% |
20.9% | 22.4%
|
| 5 Debates on European |
37:25 | 18:08
| 18:57 |
20:27 |
| Union Committee reports |
3.1% | 1.5%
| 2.3% |
2.0% |
| 6 Debates on Science & | 3:07
| 7:29 | 5:40
| 10:27 |
| Technology Committee reports
| 0.3% |
0.6% | 0.7%
| 1.0% |
| 7 Statements | 45:35
| 53:13 |
32:25 | 30:57
|
| 3.8%
| 4.4% |
4.0% | 3.0%
|
| 8 Measures | 0:28
| 0:18 |
0:15 | 0
|
| <0.1%
| <0.1%
| <0.1%
| 0% |
| 9 Public bills (including hybrid bills)
| 671:44
| 715:04
| 372:36
| 527:24
|
| 56.4%
| 59% |
45.6% | 51.2%
|
| 10 Private bills | 0:25
| 1:11 |
4:59 | 0:22
|
| <0.1%
| 0.1% |
0.6% | <0.1%
|
| 11 Statutory instruments
| 39:23 |
36:96 | 33:40
| 56:65 |
| 3.3%
| 3.1% |
4.1% | 5.5%
|
| 12 Unstarred questions |
91:34 | 99:31
| 75:43 |
38:14 |
| 7.7%
| 8.2% |
9.3% | 3.7%
|
| 13 Other (including formal
| 16:02 |
19:56 | 19:42
| 26:08 |
| business and adjournments)
| 1.3% |
1.6% | 2.4%
| 2.5% |
|
7 General election year. Back
8
A government victory is defined as one where at least one of the
tellers on the winning side is a government whip. Back
9
General Election year Back
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