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| A SITTINGS |
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| By calendar year | 2000
| 1999 | 1998
| 1997* |
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| 1 | Number of sittings days
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| (excluding days when the
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| House sat for judicial business
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| only and swearing in days)
| 169 |
157 | 163
| 125 |
| 2 | Number of weeks during which
| | | |
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| the House sat
| 40 |
37 | 39
| 31 |
| 3 | Number of hours for which
| | | |
|
| the House sat
| 1261:37
| 1190:28
| 1211:21
| 816:39
|
| 4 | Average daily attendance
| 346 |
434 | 428
| 394 |
| 5 | Average length of sitting
| 7:28 |
7:35 | 7:26
| 6:32 |
| 6 | Number of divisions†
| 189 |
101 | 161
| 78 |
| (i) Government victories
| 146 |
62 | 120
| 63 |
| (ii) Government defeats
| 36 |
30 | 35
| 14 |
| (iii) Other divisions
| 7 |
9 | 6
| 1 |
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| * | General election year.
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| † | A government victory is defined as one where at least one of the tellers is a government whip. Divisions without a quorum and unwhipped divisions are counted as ìOther divisionsî.
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| B THE TIME OF THE HOUSE (in hours) was divided approximately as follows:
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| By calendar year | 2000
| 1999 | 1998
| 1997* |
|
| 1 | Prayers
| 14:12 |
13:13 | 14:06
| 10:48 |
| | 1.1%
| 1.1% |
1.2% | 1.3%
|
| 2 | Introduction of new peers
| 3:54 |
5:15 | 5:00
| 15:22 |
| | 0.3%
| 0.4% |
0.4% | 1.9%
|
| 3 | Starred questions
| 74:44 |
71:16 | 71:51
| 55:49 |
| | 5.9%
| 6.0% |
5.9% | 6.8%
|
| 4 | General debates
| 155:53
| 195:01
| 167:58
| 170:43
|
| | 12.4%
| 16.4% |
13.9% | 20.9%
|
| 5 | Debates on European
| 24:11 |
37:25 | 18:08
| 18:57 |
| Union Committee reports
| 1.9% |
3.1% | 1.5%
| 2.3% |
| 6 | Debates on Science & Technology
| 1:53 |
3:07 | 7:29
| 5:40 |
| Committee reports
| 0.1% |
0.3% | 0.6%
| 0.7% |
| 7 | Statements
| 43:16 |
45:35 | 53:13
| 32:25 |
| | 3.4%
| 3.8% |
4.4% | 4.0%
|
| 8 | Measures
| 0:04 |
0:28 | 0:18
| 0:15 |
| | <0.1%
| <0.1%
| <0.1%
| <0.1%
|
| 9 | Public Bills (including hybrid bills)
| 799:47
| 671:44
| 715:04
| 372:36
|
| | 63.4%
| 56.4% |
59% | 45.6%
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| 10 | Private bills
| 1:44 |
0:25 | 1:11
| 4:59 |
| | 0.1%
| <0.1%
| 0.1% |
0.6% |
| 11 | Statutory instruments
| 35:12 |
39:23 | 36:96
| 33:40 |
| | 2.8%
| 3.3% |
3.1% | 4.1%
|
| 12 | Unstarred questions
| 87:33 |
91:34 | 99:31
| 75:43 |
| | 6.9%
| 7.7% |
8.2% | 9.3%
|
| 13 | Other (including formal business
| 19:14 |
16:02 | 19:56
| 19:42 |
| and adjournments)
| 1.5% |
1.3% | 1.6%
| 2.4% |
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| * | General election year.
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