HOUSE OF COMMONS (ALLNIGHT SITTING COST)

HC Deb 03 December 1952 vol 508 cc159-60W

Mr. M. Lindsay

ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated cost to the public of an all-night Sitting of the House of Commons.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

Recent experience indicates that the extra cost of an all-night Sitting is between £350 and £400.