§ Mr. Sean Hughesasked the Paymaster General if he has any plans to harmonise the disposable incomes of young persons engaged in the community industry scheme, on the one hand, and on YTS in its proposed second year, on the other.
§ Mr. LangI have no present plans to do so.
Session 1980–81 Session 1981–82 Session 1982–83 Session 1983–84 Session 1984–85 Session 1985–96 to 31 January 1986 Number of days House sat 163 174 115 213 172 48 1,485 hrs 11 1,534 hrs 13 1,914 hrs 33 1,566 hrs 17 Total number of hours sat mins mins 984 hrs 50 mins mins mins 418 hrs 28 mins Average daily hours of sitting 9 hrs 7 mins 8 hrs 48 mins 8 hrs 34 mins 8 hrs 59 mins 9 hrs 6 nins 8 hrs 42 mins 18 hrs 57 mins 18 hrs 51 mins 18 hrs 57 mins Longest time of any one sitting 25 hrs (1 April 1981) (21 December 1981) (7 February 1983) 32 hrs 13 mins (22 May 1984) 30 hrs 14 mins (5 March 1985) (18 December 1985) Number of parliamentary questions: Oral 8,175 8,991 6,125 13,386 14,800 4,270 Written 22,688 23,439 17,095 40,119 31,523 9,114 Number of divisions 317 332 146 482 307 57