Sitting Hours (Hansard, 24 February 1999)

HC Deb 24 February 1999 vol 326 c287W 287W

§ Mr. Maclean
To ask the President of the Council if she will list the average number of hours the House sat daily in(a) January 1979, (b) January 1989 and (c) January 1999. [72701]

§ Mrs. Beckett
The House sat for a daily average of: 9 hours and 11 minutes in January 1979; 9 hours and 9 minutes in January 1989; and 8 hours and 59 minutes in January 1999. Not including sitting Fridays, the House sat for a daily average of 9 hours and 51 minutes in January 1979; 9 hours and 59 minutes in January 1989; and 8 hours and 59 minutes in January 1999.