§ Lord Joplingasked the Leader of the House:
Whether she will publish before the first day in Committee on the Hunting Bill a table showing the number of hours of consideration given to completed Committee stages of each government Bill in the current session. [HL4918]
§ Baroness AmosThe following table shows the number of hours spent in Committee in the House of Lords on each government Bill this Session.
Bill name (No of clauses1, No of schedules) Hours in Committee of the Whole House Anti-Social Behaviour (71, 3) 15hrs 47mins Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) (3, 2) 14mins Communications (403, 19) 45hrs 16mins Community Care (Delayed Discharge etc) (17, 0) 11 hrs 1min Courts (101, 7) 27hrs 3mins Criminal Justice (307, 32) 60hrs 2mins European Union (Accessions) (3, 0) I9mins Licensing (196, 8) 31hrs 21mins National Minimum Wage (Enforcement Notices) (2, 0) 16mins Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission) (10, 0) lhr 37mins Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections and Periods of Suspension) (7, 0) 15mins Northern Ireland Assembly Elections Bill (2, 0) 43mins Regional Assemblies (Preparations) (29, 1) 21 hrs 41mins Sexual Offences (128, 5) 31hrs 21mins
Bill name (No of clauses1, No of schedules) Hours in Grand Committee Crime (International Co-operation) (94, 5) 17hrs 7mins Electricity (Misc Provisions) (5, 0) 2hrs 48mins European Parliament (Representation) (25, 1) 99mins Extradition (213, 1) 34hrs 46mins Fire Services (2, 0) 10hrs 47mins Health (Wales) (10, 4) lhrs 55mins Local Government (128, 7) 30hrs 9mins Police (Northern Ireland) (28, 3) 4hrs 46mins Railways and Transport Safety (119, 7) 7hrs 46mins Waste and Emissions Trading (35, 0) 8hrs 5mins Water (97, 9) 27hrs 27mins 1 Clause count represents the number of clauses in the Bill when it was introduced in to the House of Lords NB. These lists do not include Bills where the Committee stage was negatived. Nor do they include Bills which have not yet completed their Committee stage in this House.