§ Lord Harris of Greenwichasked the Chairman of Committees:
On which dates in the present Session the House adjourned after 10 pm; and at what time the House of 52WA Commons adjourned or began its adjournment debate, whichever was the earlier, on each of those days.
§ The Chairman of Committees (Lord Boston of Faversham)In the present Session up to and including Friday 14 March, the House of Lords has adjourned after 10 pm on 28 occasions out of a total of 74 sitting days. On 26 of these occasions the House of Lords has sat later than the House of Commons, not including debate on the adjournment. The detailed information requested is given in the following table.
All times are pm unless otherwise indicated.
Date House of Lords Adjournment Time House of Commons Start of Adjournment Debate 28 October 1996 10:17 10:04 30 October 1996 10:46 10:28 21 November 1996 10:00 7:15 26 November 1996 12:07 am 9:24 27 November 1996 10:10 10:00 2 December 1996 10:04 10:00 10 December 1996 11:23 10:03 16 December 1996 10:43 10:34 20 January 1997 01:35 am 110:00 21 January 1997 10:43 12:02 am 23 January 1997 10:30 8:44 27 January 1997 10:38 10:17 4 February 1997 11:17 10:28 11 February 1997 10:30 10:31 13 February 1997 11:18 6:19 18 February 1997 11:18 8:56 20 February 1997 10:21 10:01 24 February 1997 11:08 9:59 25 February 1997 11:30 10:30 27 February 1997 11:34 19:39 3 March 1997 03:05 am 7:06 4 March 1997 11:36 9:57 5 March 1997 10:52 10:00 6 March 1997 11:02 9:54 10 March 1997 12:31 am 10:00 11 March 1997 11:00 10:46 12 March 1997 10:20 10:07 13 March 1997 10:46 9:57 1 Indicates time of adjournment for the House of Commons, when no adjournment debate took place.