* General election year.
# A week falling in two financial years
is treated as falling at the end of the earlier 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 financial year |
2003/04 |
2002/03 |
2001/02* |
2000/01 |
| 1 |
Prayers |
16:06 |
14:36 |
11:12 |
14:12 |
|
|
1.4% |
1.3% |
1.3% |
1.1% |
| 2 |
Introduction of new peers |
1:24 |
0:54 |
4:24 |
3:20 |
|
|
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.5% |
0.3% |
| 3 |
Starred questions |
81:55 |
77:11 |
58:26 |
72:52 |
|
|
7.0% |
6.7% |
6.8% |
5.8% |
| 4 |
General debates |
186:42 |
219:11 |
223:53 |
152:16 |
|
|
15.8% |
19.1% |
26.0% |
12.2% |
| 5 |
Debates on European |
21:19 |
16:48 |
14:28 |
32:13 |
|
Communities Committee reports |
1.8% |
1.4% |
1.6% |
2.6% |
| 6 |
Debates on Science & |
2:01 |
7:27 |
2:34 |
8:48 |
|
Technology Committee reports |
0.2% |
0.6% |
0.3% |
0.7% |
| 7 |
Statements |
47:19 |
61:47 |
42:34 |
47:12 |
|
|
4.0% |
5.4% |
5.0% |
3.8% |
| 8 |
Measures |
1:00 |
0:00 |
0:00 |
0:15 |
|
|
0.1% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
<0.1% |
| 9 |
Public Bills |
669:17 |
612:01 |
382:56 |
760:45 |
|
(including hybrid bills) |
56.7% |
53.2% |
44.4% |
60.9% |
| 10 |
Private bills |
2:59 |
2.12 |
0.16 |
0:30 |
|
|
0.2% |
0.2% |
<0.1% |
<0.1% |
| 11 |
Statutory instruments |
62:03 |
58:34 |
35:56 |
58:21 |
|
|
5.3% |
5.1% |
4.1% |
4.7% |
| 12 |
Unstarred questions |
63:33 |
61:57 |
68:08 |
78:41 |
|
|
5.4% |
5.4% |
8.0% |
6.3% |
| 13 |
Other (including formal |
24:10 |
17:20 |
17:03 |
20:00 |
|
business and adjournments) |
2.0% |
1.5% |
2.0% |
1.6% |
