HC Deb 22 February 2000 vol 344 c843W
44. Mr. Salter

To ask the President of the Council what assessment she has made of the experiment with sittings in Westminster Hall. [109663]

Mr. Tipping

Early indications suggest that Westminster Hall is providing a useful and popular forum for debate.

45. Angela Smith

To ask the President of the Council if the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons will assess the impact of sittings in Westminster Hall. [109665]

Mrs. Beckett

The Modernisation Committee has already undertaken to do so.

46. Mr. Nicholas Winterton

To ask the President of the Council when she will assess the experiment of sittings in Westminster Hall. [109666]

Mrs. Beckett

It is for the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons to assess the experiment of sittings in Westminster Hall and it has undertaken to do so before the end of the session.