§ Lord Marlesfordasked the Leader of the House:
On which occasions during the last 20 years the recommended minimum intervals between stages of Bills in the House have not been observed. [HL3243]
§ The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Jay of Paddington)The information requested has been placed in the Library for Sessions 1991–92 to the present. The information requested is not available for any years before 1991–92. However, I have placed in the Library lists of Bills on which Standing Orders were suspended between 1980 and 1991 in order to allow more than one stage of a Bill to be taken in a day.