HC Deb 13 June 1988 vol 135 cc63-4W
Mr. Amess

To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will publish in theOfficial Report a consolidated list of the occasions on which the House has sat later than 1.30 am since 1958.

Mr. Wakeham

[pursuant to his reply, 10 June 1988, c. 714]: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to his previous written question on 13 April 1988, Official Report, columns 166–68. It would be inappropriate to republish this information in a consolidated form.

The following tables set out the revised figures for the current Session (1987–88) to date and also the total number of occasions in each Session since 1958 when the House sat after 1.30 am.

Table I
House sits after 1.30 am
Session Number of occasions Time at which adjourned (am unless stated) Date
1987–88 (to date) 24 1.34 14 July 1987
1.40 17 February 1988
1.45 27 April 1988
1.50 9 February 1988
1.53 6 July 1987
1.53 7 July 1987
1.53 15 December 1987
1.57 13 April 1988
2.11 10 May 1988
2.20 8 February 1988
2.23 30 March 1988
2.29 23 May 1988
2.31 2 December 1987
2.47 2 March 1988
2.55 29 March 1988
2.56 3 February 1988
3.27 20 July 1987
4.01 21 October 1987
4.07 9 March 1988
5.58 25 May 1988
8.30 10 March 1988
9.24 8 December 1987
9.27 13 July 1987
18.55 10 November 1987

1 pm.

Table II
Occasions when the House sat after 1.30 am
Session Number
1959–60 8
1960–61 16
1961–62 10
1962–63 9
1963–64 4
1964–65 27
1965–66 7
1966–67 40
1967–68 21
1968–69 24
1969–70 9
1970–71 33
1971–72 30
1972–73 24
1973–74 4
1974 10
1974–75 35
1975–76 39
1976–77 23
1977–78 21
1978–79 8
1979–80 41
1980–81 28
1981–82 22
1982–83 13
1983–84 34
1984–85 35
1985–86 18
1986–87 6
1987–881 24
1 To date.

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