§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will set out in the Official Report the average length of day, excluding Fridays, the number of private Members' days, the total number of parliamentary Bills introduced and the daily average of starred questions, for each parliamentary Session since 7 June 1955 and to date.
§ Mr. BiffenInformation on the average length of days and on the daily average of starred and unstarred questions could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The remaining information requested is given in the tables.
The number of private Members' days in each parliamentary Session since 7 June 1955 and in this Session (up to and including Friday 10 May) is as follows:
Session Days Half-days 1955–56 20 — 1956–57 20 — 1957–58 20 — 1958–59 20 — 1959–60 20 — 1960–61 20 4 1961–62 20 4 1962–63 20 4 1963–64 20 4 1964–65 20 4 *1965–66 6 1 1966–67 24 4 1967–68 20 4 1968–69 20 4 *1969–70 18 3 1970–71 20 4 1971–72 20 4 1972–73 20 4 *1973–74 6 1 *1974 9 3 1974–75 20 4 1975–76 20 4 1976–77 20 4 1977–78 20 4 *1978–79 13 2 1979–80 23 4 1980–81 20 4 1981–82 20 4 *1982–83 18 2 1983–84 22 4 1984–85 18 2 * Denotes short Session
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Number of Parliamentary Bills Session Private Bills Public Bills(inc. Provisional Order Bills) * Total 1955–56 76 126 202 1956–57 35 93 128 1957–58 40 112 152 1958–59 45 113 158 1959–60 45 103 148 1960–61 33 117 150 1961–62 40 108 148 1962–63 31 105 136 1963–64 37 155 192 1964–65 35 158 193 1965–66 (S) 17 79 96 1966–67 (L) 31 227 258 1967–68 40 146 186 1968–69 51 158 209 1969–70 (S) 77 152 229 1970–71 (L) 111 164 275 1971–72 48 149 197
Session Private Bills Public Bills (inc. Provisional Order Bills) * Total 1972–73 31 153 184 1973–74 (S) 34 77 111 1974 (S) 29 86 115 1974–75 30 183 213 1975–76 32 174 206 1976–77 22 141 163 1977–78 22 143 165 1978–79 (S) 20 121 141 1979–80 (L) 50 217 267 1980–81 31 145 176 1981–82 33 143 176 1982–83 (S) 25 134 159 1983–84 (L) 56 181 237 1984–85 (to 7.5.85) 119 * Also includes Hybrid Bills