SESSIONAL DIARY 2017–19 13 June 2017 to 8 October 2019 Prepared in the Journal Office of the House of Commons Introduction 1. This diary records the business on which the House spent its time in Session 2017–19, analysed into categories, and similar information for sittings in Westminster Hall. It is intended mainly to provide information in response to statistical inquiries, and in using it the following points should be borne in mind: a. The diary does not include business which took little or no time, such as presentations of bills, unopposed private business, and motions agreed to without debate or division. b. Divisions are normally included with the business to which they relate. c. Timings are taken from the Official Report, using the printed times where available, and otherwise taking a column of debate to last three minutes. Daily prayers are assumed to last a standard five minutes, unless stated otherwise (and are not itemised in the analysis). d. Periods of suspension are included in the total sitting time, and are listed in section 14j of the analysis (Miscellaneous). e. The times in the column headed “After appointed time” refer to business taken after the time appointed as the “moment of interruption”. In Session 2017–19, these times were as follows: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 22.00 19.00 19.00 17.00 14.30 f. All times are in hours and minutes, using the 24-hour clock. 2. A Sessional Diary has been kept in the Journal Office for most sessions since 1906, although in the early years times were kept only to the nearest quarter hour. An analysis substantially in the current form begins in the 1960s. The totals from the analysis have been reproduced in the Sessional Information Digest since 1984–85 until 2010–12 and in the House’s Sessional Returns since 1987–88. ii Table of Contents and Totals Contents Duration After Page appointed time Part I: Diary for House 1 Part II: Analysis for House 186 1: Addresses other than Prayers 186 2: Government bills 644.47 58.58 2a: Government Bills: Read a second time and committed to Public Bill 186 68.55 3.38 Committee 2b: Government Bills: Read a second time and committed to Committee of the 187 74.00 7.28 whole House (in whole or part) 2d: Government Bills: Committee of the whole House 103.37 29.32 188 2e: Government Bills: Consideration 97.51 4.20 189 2f: Government Bills: Third Reading 41.59 3.08 190 2g: Government Bills: Lord Amendments 27.41 2.45 191 2h: Allocation of time motions 199.44 5.15 192 2i: Government Bills: Other Stages 30.59 2.52 195 3: Private Members’ bills 88.56 6.12 3a: Private Members' Bills: Second Reading 42.20 0.18 196 3b: Private Members' Bills: Other Stages 46.36 5.54 197 4: Private Business 4.09 0.02 198 5: Government motions 333.53 36.27 5a: European Union documents 0.44 0.32 198 5b: Government motions 133.25 30.40 198 5c: Government motions (General) 3.42 0.37 201 5d: Government motions (General Debates) 196.02 4.38 201 6: Opposition business 143.32 7.42 6a: Opposition Days 137.31 7.26 204 6b: Opposition motions in Government time 6.01 0.16 206 7: Backbench Business 247.20 2.43 206 8: Private Members’ business (other than bills) 310.01 114.15 8a: Private Members' Motions 22.14 0.05 210 8b: Ten Minute Rule Motions 33.06 1.28 211 8c: Emergency debates 80.34 1.34 215 8d: Adjournment debates 174.07 111.08 216 9: Estimates 34.12 1.59 225 10: Money Resolutions 1.55 0.16 226 11: Ways and Means 48.56 1.34 226 12: Affirmative Statutory Instruments 56.43 7.19 226 13: Negative Statutory Instruments 11.48 1.32 229 14: Business when no Question before House 1008.53 23.42 14a: Questions 290.17 — 229 14b: Topical Questions 71.42 — 239 14c: Urgent Questions 196.56 — 245 iii Contents Duration After Page appointed time 14d: Statements 282.19 5.57 259 14e: Business Statements 87.12 2.10 269 14f: Committee Statements 11.36 — 272 14g: S.O. No. 24 Applications 2.13 — 273 14h: Points of Order 45.37 7.53 274 14i: Public Petitions 8.12 5.02 317 14j: Miscellaneous 12.50 2.40 324 15: Daily Prayers 21.56 — 325 Part III: Diary for Westminster Hall 326 Part IV: Analysis for Westminster Hall 392 1: Private Members 927.09 1a: Private Members’ Debates 803.16 392 1b: Private Members’ (Backbench Business Committee recommended) Debates 123.53 414 2: Liaison Committee Debates 40.39 416 3: Debates on e-Petitions 129.47 417 4: Suspensions 56.16 418 5: Miscellaneous 1.00 422 6 Statements — — iv Part I: Diary for House After Time Subject Duration appointed time 1. Tuesday 13 June 2017 14.30 Message to attend the Lords Commissioners; Suspension 0.18 14.48 Election of a Speaker 0.39 15.27 House rose Daily Totals: 0.57 0.00 Totals for Session: 0.57 0.00 2. Wednesday 14 June 2017 Message to attend the Lords Commissioners; Suspension; Approbation of Speaker; 14.40 0.15 Speaker’s statement; Members taking the oath 14.55 Members taking the oath 2.38 17.33 Suspension 0.27 18.00 Members taking the oath 1.31 19.31 House rose Daily Totals: 4.51 0.00 Totals for Session: 5.48 0.00 3. Thursday 15 June 2017 09.30 Prayers 0.05 09.35 Members taking the oath 1.30 11.05 Suspension 0.25 11.30 Members taking the oath 1.11 12.41 Suspension 1.19 14.00 Members taking the oath 1.13 15.13 House rose Daily Totals: 5.43 0.00 Totals for Session: 11.31 0.00 4. Wednesday 21 June 2017 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Message from the Queen; Suspension 2.10 13.45 Members taking the oath 0.26 14.11 Suspension 0.19 Speaker’s Statement: Minute silence for Manchester, London Bridge, Grenfell tower 14.30 0.06 and Finsbury Park & Conduct and practice, Queen’s speech 14.36 Address: [1st day] 4.10 18.46 Speech Limit: Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr George Howarth): 10 minutes 0.01 18.47 Address: [1st day] [resumed] 0.57 19.44 Speech Limit: Mr Deputy Speaker (Sir David Amess): 9 minutes 0.01 19.45 Address: [1st day] [resumed] 2.15 22.00 Adjournment: Chris Stephens: Telephone calls to DWP 0.26 0.26 22.26 House rose Daily Totals: 10.56 0.26 Totals for Session: 22.27 0.26 2 Part I: Diary for House After Time Subject Duration appointed time 5. Thursday 22 June 2017 09.30 Prayers 0.04 09.34 Members taking the oath 0.01 09.35 Statement: The Prime Minister (Mrs Theresa May): Grenfell Tower 1.36 11.11 Statement: The Prime Minister (Mrs Theresa May): Terror attacks 1.05 12.16 Speaker’s Statement: Ballot for election of Deputy Speakers 0.01 12.17 Business Statement: Leader of the House 0.42 Point of Order: Jonathan Ashworth: Query on whether the Minister plans to make a 12.59 0.01 statement on the NHS 13.00 Address: [2nd day] 1.10 14.10 Speech limit: Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr George Howarth): 6 minutes 0.01 14.11 Address: [2nd day] [resumed] 2.49 17.00 Adjournment: Helen Whately: Kent and Canterbury Hospital 0.30 0.30 17.30 House rose Daily Totals: 8.00 0.30 Totals for Session: 30.27 0.56 6. Monday 26 June 2017 14.30 Prayers 0.05 14.35 Speaker’s Statement: Security, Cyber-attack, election of the Deputy Speakers 0.03 14.38 Statement: The Prime Minister (Mrs Theresa May): European Council 1.32 Statement: First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Damian 16.10 2.04 Green): Northern Ireland Point of Order: Andrew Gwynne: Request for Minister to attend Parliament regard- 18.14 0.02 ing a Local Government Finance Bill Point of Order: Christine Jardine: Request for advice on raising a matter of concern 18.16 0.02 for constituents 18.18 Address: [3rd day] 0.52 19.10 Speech limit: Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr George Howarth): 8 minutes 0.01 19.11 Address: [3rd day] [resumed] 0.35 19.46 Speech limit: Mr Deputy Speaker (Sir David Amess): 4 minutes 0.01 19.47 Address: [3rd day] [resumed] 2.13 22.00 Adjournment: Jim Fitzpatrick: Grenfell tower fire 0.27 0.27 22.27 House rose Daily Totals: 7.57 0.27 Totals for Session: 38.24 1.23 7. Tuesday 27 June 2017 11.30 Prayers 0.05 11.35 Speaker’s Statement: Private Members’ Bills ballot 0.01 11.36 Questions: Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 0.48 12.24 Topical Questions: Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 0.14 12.38 Members taking the oath 0.03 Urgent Question: Jonathan Ashworth (asking); Secretary of State for Health (Mr 12.41 0.36 Jeremy Hunt) (replying): NHS Shared Business Services 13.17 S.O. No. 24 Application: Pete Wishart: Confidence and Supply arrangements 0.02 13.19 Point of Order: Andrew Gwynne: Request for a Ministerial Statement 0.02 Part I: Diary for House 3 After Time Subject Duration appointed time 13.21 Point of Order: Paul Flynn: Request for reforms to the electoral system 0.05 13.26 Address: [4th day] 1.26 14.52 Speech limit: Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr George Howarth): 5 minutes 0.01 14.53 Address: [4th day] [resumed] 0.44 15.37 Speech limit: Mr Deputy Speaker (Sir David Amess): 4 minutes 0.01 15.38 Address: [4th day] [resumed] 3.16 18.54 Adjournment: Peter Aldous: Universal Credit: Lowestoft 0.34 0.28 19.28 House rose Daily Totals: 7.58 0.28 Totals for Session: 46.22 1.51 8.