§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Lord President of the Council what information he has on the average number of sitting days per year over the past five years for the lower house of the legislature for each of the EC countries, together with the United States of America and Canada; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacGregor[holding answer 8 July 1991]: No detailed information is kept by my office, but I understand that some of the data requested are published in the latest edition (1986) of the Inter-Parliamentary Union's "Parliaments of the World", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.