July 2012 House of Commons Sessional Information Digest 2010-2012 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON: THE STATIONERY OFFICE LIMITED £5.50 Contents House of Commons Section A Sittings of the House and dates of Session 1. Sittings of the House and dates of Session ............................................ A1 Sessional 2. Parliamentary Questions ........................................................................ A2 3. Opposition Days .................................................................................... A3 Information 4. Backbench Business Debates ................................................................ A6 Digest 5. Estimates Days .................................................................................... A10 6. Government Substantive Motions ....................................................... A10 7. Standing Order No 24 .......................................................................... A12 2010-12 8. Divisions .............................................................................................. A12 9. Early Day Motions .............................................................................. A12 Editors: Adrian Section B Legislation Hitchins & Nerys 1. Draft Bills published during the 2010-12 Session ................................... B1 Davies 2. Complete list of Public Bills and their stages in both Houses ................. B3 3. Private Legislation ............................................................................... B25 4. Church of England Measures ............................................................... B29 House of Commons 5. Transport and Works Act Orders .......................................................... B29 Information Office 6. Northern Ireland Legislation ................................................................ B31 London 7. Legislative Reform Proposals and Orders ............................................ B33 SW1A 2TT 8. Public General Acts receiving Royal Assent ........................................ B35 9. Local and Personal Acts receiving Royal Assent .................................. B36 TEL: 020 7219 4272 10. Public Bills - some basic figures ............................................................. B36 [email protected] Section C The Work of Committees www.parliament.uk 1. Departmental Select Committees: their work and reports ...................... C1 2. Subject listing of reports of Departmental Select Committees .............. C70 3. Other Select Committees ...................................................................... C76 4. National Audit Office ......................................................................... C129 5. Other Committees .............................................................................. C133 6. Matters discussed by Grand Committees ............................................ C136 7. European Document Committees ....................................................... C137 Section D Documentation Parliamentary 1. Subject Index to White Papers and Policy Documents ........................... D1 Bookshop 2. Subject Index to Green Papers and Consultation Documents ................. D3 12 Bridge Street 3. Miscellaneous Papers ............................................................................. D5 London 4. Impact Assessments ............................................................................... D5 SW1A 2JW Section E Membership of the House TEL: 020 7219 3890 1. State of the Parties ................................................................................... E1 2. By elections and new Members ............................................................... E3 3. Members who are also Members of other Parliaments and Assemblies ... E4 4. Delegations to International Assemblies .................................................. E4 5. Maiden Speeches since 5May 2010 ......................................................... E6 Section F Address Book 1. Address Book ......................................................................................... F1 Sessional Information Digest Introduction The Sessional Information Digest has been published for each parliamentary session since 1983-84. This edition will be the final Digest in its current format. For more information on the contents of the Digest please contact the House of Commons Information Office. The Digest can be found on the Internet at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsid.htm. Standing Order numbers cited in this edition of the Digest are those used during the 2010-12 Session. We would like to thank Anne-Marie Griffiths in the Journal Office, Jennifer Walpole, Richard Freebury, Gini Griffin and Ned Morrell from the Department of Information Services for their help in the compilation of this Digest. We are also grateful to Jean Fessey and Fiona Green for their advice and support. Adrian Hitchins & Nerys Davies June 2012 House of Commons Information Office Providing information on the work, history and membership of the House of Commons Sessional Information Digest Section A – Part 1 Sittings of the House and Dates of Session The House sat on every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and on 18 Fridays during the following periods (all dates inclusive): 25 May 2010 – 27 May 2010 2 June 2010 – 27 July 2010 6 September 2010 – 16 September 2010 11 October 2010 – 21 December 2010 10 January 2011 – 17 February 2011 28 February 2011 – 5 April 2011 26 April 2011 – 24 May 2011 7 June 2011 – 19 July 2011 5 September 2011 – 15 September 2011 10 October 2011 – 15 November 2011 21 November 2011 – 20 December 2011 10 January 2012 – 9 February 2012 20 February 2012 – 27 March 2012 16 April 2012 – 1 May 2012 In addition the House was recalled on 20 July and 11 August 2011 The total number of sitting days was 295. The House sat for 2342 hours and 25 minutes. The House sat on the following Fridays: 22 October 2010; 12 and 19 November 2010; 3 December 2010; 21 January 2011; 4 and 11 February 2011; 4 and 18 March 2011; 1 April 2011; 13 May 2011; 10 and June 2011; 9 September 2011; 21 October 2011; 25 November 2011; 20 January 2012 and 23 March 2012 The average sitting day lasted 7 hours and 57 minutes; and the average duration of sitting beyond the moment of interruption (10 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, 7 p.m. on Wednesday, 6 p.m. on Thursday and 2.30 p.m. on Fridays) was 54 minutes. Analysis of the time of the session Type of Business Total time spent (hours: minutes) 1 Addresses other than Motions to annul or revoke Statutory Instruments 41.46 2 Government Bills: 652.14 Second readings: committed to public bill committee 151.32 Second readings: committal to Committee of whole House (wholly or partly) 44.47 Second readings: no committal (Consolidation bills) — Committee of the whole House 189.13 Consideration 174.10 Third reading 23.02 Lords amendments 60.48 Allocation of time motions 8.42 Committal and carry-over motions — 3 Private Members’ Bills: 75.40 Second readings (and all stages) 63.17 Later stages 12.23 Private Business three hours before the moment of interruption 16.27 4 Government Motions: 118.01 European Union Documents 27.49 Business Motions 7.44 General 83.08 5 Opposition Days 201.06 Opposition Motions in Government time (other than Motions to annul or revoke Statutory — Instruments) 6 Private Members’ Motions 28.35 Substantive 2.11 Ten-Minute Rule 26.24 7 Adjournment, general and Standing Order No. 24 debates: 259.24 A1 Type of Business Total time spent (hours: minutes) General debates 110.25 Daily 141.42 Standing Order No. 24 debates 7.57 8 Estimates (debates on Select Committee Reports under Standing Order No. 54) 25.43 9 Money Resolutions 1.44 10 Ways and Means 66.56 11 Motions for approval of Statutory Instruments 30.18 Motions to annul or revoke Statutory Instruments — 12 No Question before the House: 583.98 Questions to Ministers 200.43 Topical Questions 57.26 Urgent Questions 40.56 Statements 178.00 Speaker’s Statements 0.52 Business Statements 51.19 Standing Order No. 24 Applications 0.25 Points of Order 28.13 Public Petitions 3.51 Miscellaneous 24.13 (including suspensions of the proceedings of the House) 13 Daily Prayers 24.25 TOTAL 2344.19 Note: The time taken up by Divisions is included with the class of business upon which the divisions were called. Section A – Part 2 Parliamentary Questions Statistics of Parliamentary Questions are available in two forms. The figures for each, which for various reasons (mainly owing to methods of counting and recording) are not exactly comparable, are as follows: Questions appearing on the Order Paper calculated by the Journal Office Appearing on the Order Paper for Oral Answer 9,484 Put down for priority Written answer 20,498 Put down for non-priority Written Answer 77,255 Total 107,237 Of which 4,710 received an oral answer in the House. Questions appearing in Hansard, and indexed in the Parliamentary Information Management Services (PIMS) Oral replies (including supplementaries)* 12,789 Oral replies (excluding supplementaries)* 4,710 Written replies 97,963 Total* 110,752 The total number of urgent questions (excluding Business Questions) was 73 The total number of supplementary questions (excluding tabled questions) was 8079 * Figures provided for Oral questions do not include the 2400 Topical Questions or Questions about the Prime Minister’s Official Engagements which did not receive a separate printed answer in the Official Report (Hansard). Topical questions or questions on the Prime