| A |
SITTINGS |
| By
calendar year |
2001* |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
| 1 |
Number of sittings days |
|
|
(excluding days when the
|
|
|
House sat for judicial business
|
|
|
only and swearing
in days) |
132 |
169 |
157 |
163 |
| 2 |
Number of weeks during which
|
|
|
the House sat |
35 |
40 |
37 |
39 |
| 3 |
Number of hours for which
|
|
|
the House sat |
894:22 |
1261:37 |
1190:28 |
1211:21 |
| 4 |
Average daily
attendance |
355 |
346 |
434 |
428 |
| 5 |
Average length
of sitting |
6:46 |
7:28 |
7:35 |
7:26 |
| 6 |
Number of divisionsÝ |
82 |
189 |
101 |
161 |
|
|
(i) |
Government victories |
60 |
146 |
62 |
120 |
|
|
(ii) |
Government defeats |
15 |
36 |
30 |
35 |
|
|
(iii) |
Other divisions |
7 |
7 |
9 |
6 |
| * |
General election year. |
| Ý |
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 "Other divisions". |
|
|
B |
THE TIME
OF THE HOUSE (in hours)
was divided approximately as follows: |
|
By
calendar year |
2001* |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
|
1 |
Prayers |
11:00 |
14:12 |
13:13 |
14:06 |
|
|
|
|
1.2% |
1.1% |
1.1% |
1.2% |
|
2 |
Introduction of new peers |
4:27 |
3:54 |
5:15 |
5:00 |
|
|
|
|
0.5% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
|
3 |
Starred questions |
58:32 |
74:44 |
71:16 |
71:51 |
|
|
|
|
6.5% |
5.9% |
6% |
5.9% |
|
4 |
General debates |
205:43 |
155:53 |
195:01 |
167:58 |
|
|
|
|
23% |
12.4% |
16.4% |
13.9% |
|
5 |
Debates on European Communities |
15:08 |
24:11 |
37:25 |
18:08 |
|
|
|
Committee reports |
1.7% |
1.9% |
3.1% |
1.5% |
|
6 |
Debates on Science &
Technology |
8:48 |
1:53 |
3:07 |
7:29 |
|
|
|
Committee reports |
1% |
0.1% |
0.3% |
0.6% |
|
7 |
Statements |
41:33 |
43:16 |
45:35 |
53:13 |
|
|
|
|
4.6% |
3.4% |
3.8% |
4.4% |
|
8 |
Measures |
0:11 |
0:04 |
0:28 |
0:18 |
|
|
|
|
<0.1% |
<0.1% |
<0.1% |
<0.1% |
|
9 |
Public bills (including
hybrid bills) |
401:51 |
799:47 |
671:44 |
715:04 |
|
|
|
|
44.9% |
63.4% |
56.4% |
59% |
|
10 |
Private bills |
0:22 |
1:44 |
0:25 |
1:11 |
|
|
|
|
<0.1% |
0.1% |
<0.1% |
0.1% |
|
11 |
Statutory instruments |
63:08 |
35:12 |
39:23 |
39:96 |
|
|
|
|
7.1% |
2.8% |
3.3% |
3.1% |
|
12 |
Unstarred questions |
67:01 |
87:33 |
91:34 |
99:31 |
|
|
|
|
7.5% |
6.9% |
7.7% |
8.2% |
|
13 |
Other (including formal
business |
16:38 |
19:14 |
16:02 |
19:56 |
|
|
|
and adjournments) |
1.9% |
1.5% |
1.3% |
1.6% |
|
* |
General election year.
|
