| A |
SITTINGS |
| By calendar year |
2002 |
2001* |
2000 |
1999 |
| 1 |
Number of sittings days |
|
(excluding days when the |
|
House sat for judicial business |
|
only and swearing in days) |
156 |
132 |
169 |
157 |
| 2 |
Number of weeks during |
|
which the House sat |
40 |
35 |
40 |
37 |
| 3 |
Number of hours for which |
|
the House sat |
1090:57 |
894:22 |
1261:37 |
1190:28 |
| 4 |
Average daily attendance |
370 |
355 |
346 |
434 |
| 5 |
Average length of sitting |
6:59 |
6:46 |
7:28 |
7:35 |
| 6 |
Number of divisionsÝ |
131 |
82 |
189 |
101 |
|
(i) Government victories |
73 |
60 |
146 |
62 |
|
(ii) Government defeats |
43 |
15 |
36 |
30 |
|
(iii) Other divisions |
15 |
7 |
7 |
9 |
* General election year.
† 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 |
2002 |
2001* |
2000 |
1999 |
| 1 Prayers |
13:42
1.3% |
11:00
1.2% |
14:12
1.1% |
13:13
1.1% |
| 2 Introduction of new peers |
0:36
<0.1% |
4:27
0.5% |
3:54
0.3% |
5:15
0.4% |
| 3 Starred questions |
71:53
6.6% |
58:32
6.5% |
74:44
5.9% |
71:16
6% |
| 4 General debates |
204:25
18.7% |
205:43
23% |
155:53
12.4% |
195:01
16.4% |
5 Debates on European
Communities Committee reports |
17:47
1.6% |
15:08
1.7% |
24:11
1.9% |
37:25
3.1% |
6 Debates on Science &
Technology Committee reports |
7:50
0.7% |
8:48
1% |
1:53
0.1% |
3:07
0.3% |
| 7 Statements |
60:07
5.5% |
41:33
4.6% |
43:16
3.4% |
45:35
3.8% |
| 8 Measures |
0
0% |
0:11
<0.1% |
0:04
<0.1% |
0:28
<0.1% |
9 Public Bills
(including hybrid bills) |
576:26
52.8% |
401:51
44.9% |
799:47
63.4% |
671:44
56.4% |
| 10 Private bills |
2:17
0.2% |
0.22
<0.1% |
1.44
0.1% |
0:25
<0.1% |
| 11 Statutory instruments |
51:35
4.7% |
63:08
7.1% |
35:12
2.8% |
39:23
3.3% |
| 12 Unstarred questions |
67:10
6.2% |
67:01
7.5% |
87:33
6.9% |
91:34
7.7% |
13 Other (including formal
business and adjournments) |
17:09
1.6% |
16:38
1.9% |
19:14
1.5% |
16:02
1.3% |
* General election year.
