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Debating time in Westminster Hall, 1999-2000 - 2014-15

Session 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Total no. of sittings 105 49 119 107 103 39 136 90 110 88 43 195 92 109 90

Adjournment

Government 45.28 18.51 48.15 31.31 19.22 13.28 44.45 16.2 22.32 15.01 9.01 14.56 - -

Backbench Business

Committee34.55 39.05 27.27

Member (balloted) 249.2 142.07 360.52 317.07 307.25 111.28 398.39 271.08 330.52 259.14 136.37 657.59 275.25 284.18 196.58

Member (allocated by

Backbench Business

Cttee)

23.24 36.34

49.52

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Questions - - - 6.06 2.06 - - - - - - - - -

E-petitions - - - - - - - - - - - 7.09 5.43 15.51

Points of Order 0.02 0 0.01 0 0 - - - 0.04 0.14 0.07 0.32 0.07 0.01 0.23

Suspension 4.06 2.53 4.24 16.49 18.04 7.56 23.07 10.22 13.25 10.53 3.44 20.36 16.59 19 19.16

Total time 352.4 185.49 474.38 431.06 411.16 154.16 532.11 355.22 429.43 337.48 166.39 741.38 371.58 421.46 331.06

Hours per sitting 03:21 03:47 03:59 04:01 03:59 03:57 03:54 03:56 03:54 03:50 03:52 03:48 04:02 03:52 03:40

Source: Sessional Returns for each session

62.5 52.26 17.1 47.35 37.23 34.37

Time taken (hours:minutes)

Select Committees:

reports (statements)53.44 21.58 61.06 59.33 64.19 21.24 65.4 57.32