HC Deb 24 October 1989 vol 158 cc389-91W
Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will produce a table showing for each Bill introduced in this Parliament the time taken at (a) Second

Figures are quoted in hours and minutes
Bill (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)
Second Reading Committee1 Report Third Reading Allocation of time (all relevant stages)2 Lords Amendments Total
Antarctic Minerals [Lords] 3.00 4.05 3.48 1.05 — — 11.58
Atomic Energy [Lords] 2.27 4.59 — 40.54 — — 8.20
Brunei Appeals [Lords] 0.03 0.01 — — — — 0.04
Children [Lords] 5.39 38.41 — — — — 44.20
Civil Aviation (Air Navigation Charges [Lords] 0.01 0.19 — 40.01 — — 0.21
Companies [Lords] 2.59 39.33 — — — — 42.32
Continental Shelf [Lords] 0.01 30.01 — 40.01 — — 0.03
Dock Work 5.50 46.27 4.07 3.59 (25.59) — 60.23
Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) 5.46 7.58 6.15 1.24 — — 24.41
Electricity 11.18 127.14 20.58 1.04 — 9.24 169.58
Employment 6.14 41.39 14.02 1.01 — — 62.56
Extradition [Lords] 0.13 30.02 — 40.06 — — 0.21
Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) 5.10 35.08 3.33 1.58 — 3.05 57.08
Finance 5.56 65.37 12.21 0.47 — — 100.17
315.36
Football Spectators [Lords] 6.06 53.52 — — (17.13) — 59.58
Human Organ Transplants 0.01 2.28 0.42 0.01 — — 3.12
Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) 0.01 0.01 0.09 0.04 — — 0.15
Local Government and Housing 5.52 89.26 19.32 3.23 — — 126.07
National Maritime Museum [Lords] 0.01 0.01 — 40.28 — — 0.30
Official Secrets 6.08 329.34 4.09 1.13 (21.26) 0.32 41.36
Pesticides (Fees and Enforcement) 0.01 1.01 — 40.14 — — 1.16
Petroleum Royalties (Relief and Continental Shelf) 2.11 30.08 — 40.01 — — 2.20
Police Officers (Central Service) [Lords] 0.36 0.01 — 40.01 — — 0.38
Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) 4.56 57.38 5.04 1.15 (8.03) 0.02 68.55
Representation of the People 2.01 32.l8 — 40.10 — — 4.29
Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) [Lords] 2.06 4.37 1.55 0.42 — — 9.20
Security Service 5.45 39.21 — 43.53 — — 18.59
Self.Governing Schools &c. (Scotland) 5.47 127.13 7.18 1.15 (26.59) — 141.33
Social Security 5.13 71.43 12.32 0.37 — 3.05 92.56

Reading, (b) Committee stage, both in Standing Committee and on the Floor of the House of Commons, (c) Report stage, (d) Third Reading, (e) Where applicable, time spent on the guillotined stages, (f) Lords amendments and (g) in total.

Sir Geoffrey Howe

A table showing the information requested for each Bill introduced in this Parliament could be provided only with disproportionate cost. The information for Government Bills introduced in this Session only, up to and including 18 October 1989, is given in the table. I would refer the hon. Member to the answer inOfficial Report of 3 November 1988, columns 717–720 for similar information relating to the 1987–88 Session.

Bill (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)
Second Reading Committee1 Report Third Reading Allocation of time (all relevant stages)2 Lords Amendments Total
Transport (Scotland) 5.20 33.05 5.23 1.13 — 0.23 45.24
Water 10.39 145.42 17.17 3.48 (101.11) 9.01
1 Figures do not take account of suspensions of committees.
2 Does not include time spent on allocation of time motions themselves.
3 Committee of the whole House.
4 Third reading includes formal report stage.