Meetings with Delegations (Statements)

HC Deb 23 November 1971 vol 826 cc341-2W

Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Lord President of the Council whether he will make it the practice that official statements shall be made in the House of

NUMBER OF DECREES GRANTED IN DEFENDED DIVORCE ACTIONS IN 1969 AND 1970 SHOWING THE GROUNDS AND THE PERCENTAGE OF THE WHOLE
Grounds	1969	Percentage of the whole	1970	Percentage of the whole
Adultery	…	…	…	…	…	…	1,375	45.8	1,327	47.8
Desertion	…	…	…	…	…	…	570	19.0	415	15.0
Cruelty	…	…	…	…	…	…	915	30.5	932	33.6
Adultery and Desertion	…	…	…	…	40	1.3	34	1.2
Adultery and Cruelty	…	…	…	…	66	2.2	31	1.1
Desertion and Cruelty	…	…	…	…	33	1.1	33	1.2
Adultery, Desertion and Cruelty	…	…	2	0.1	4	0.1
							3,001	100.0%	2,776	100.0%

Commons following all meetings between Ministers and representative delegations.

Mr. Whitelaw

No. The number of such meeting makes this impractical.