§ Mr. Bestasked the Lord Privy Seal approximately how many hours during the last parliamentary Session were spent on Divisions of the House.
§ Mr. BiffenThere were 482 Divisions in Session 1983–84. No record of the exact timings of the length of Divisions is kept. On the assumption that each Division lasted 11½ minutes—the average time established from a sample of 36 Divisions in last Session—the House spent 92 hours 23 minutes on Divisions during the Session.