HC Deb 31 July 1900 vol 87 cc160-1

Return ordered, "showing, with reference to Session II. of 1889 and the Session of 1900, (1) the number of Sittings on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at which Government Business had precedence; (2) the number of Sittings on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at which Private Members had precedence; (3) the number of other Sittings at which, in accordance with the Standing Orders of the House, Government Business had precedence; (4) the number of Sittings at which Government Business had precedence under a special order of House; (5) the number of Saturday Sittings; (6) the total number of Sittings at which Government business had precedence; (7) the total number of days on which the House sat; (8) the total number of Motions for Adjournment of the House on a matter of urgent public importance; and (9) the number of days on which Business of Supply was considered (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 326, of Session I. of 1899."— (Mr. Caldwell.)