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President of the Council;Leader of the House of Commons

Answer

Mr. Brady: To ask the President of the Council how many amendments to Government Bills tabled during the present Parliament by (a) Opposition spokesmen, (b) Opposition backbench hon. Members and (c) Government backbench hon. Members which had been selected were not debated on the Floor of the House as a result of timetabling of the report Stage of Bills. [127857] Mrs. Beckett: The information requested could be provided only for Sessions 1998-99 and 1999-2000 (to 30 June) and is included in the following table{1}. Information for session 1997-98 could be provided only at disproportionate cost. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Amendments tabled by Opposition Amendments tabled by Opposition Amendments tabled by Government spokesmen but not debated backbenchers but not debated backbenchers but not debated Session 1998-99 Local Government Bill: Further 11 0 0 consideration, 24 March 1999 Greater London Authority Bill: 11 0 0 Consideration, 4 May 1999 Greater London Authority Bill: 1 0 0 Further consideration, 5 May 1999 Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill: 1 1 0 Further consideration, 20 May 1999 Health Bill [Lords]: Further 47 0 1 consideration, 15 June 1999 Immigration and Asylum Bill: 0 0 0 Consideration, 15 June 1999 Immigration and Asylum Bill: 13 1 0 Further consideration, 16 June 1999 Access to Justice Bill [Lords]: 0 0 0 Consideration, 22 June 1999 Youth Justice and Criminal 0 0 0 Evidence Bill [Lords]: Consideration, 8 July 1999 Food Standards Bill: 8 0 0 Consideration 22 July 1999 Session 1999-2000 (up to 30 June 2000) Representation of the People 0 0 0 Bill: Further consideration, 20 January 2000 Financial Services and Markets 0 0 0 Bill: Further consideration, 9 February 2000 Transport Bill: Consideration, 9 21 1 1 May 2000 Transport Bill: Further 9 2 0 consideration, 10 May 2000 Nuclear Safeguards Bill: 0 15 0 Consideration, 22 May 2000 Sea Fishing Grants (Charges) 0 0 0 Bill: Consideration, 22 May 2000 Royal Parks (Trading) Bill: 0 1 0 Further consideration, 22 May 2000 Television Licences (Disclosure 0 3 0 of Information) Bill: Consideration, 22 May 2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Figures include amendments only selected for debate {1} Standing Committee and Committee of the Whole House amendments are excluded. We have not distinguished between "Guillotine" and "Programme" motions.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

127857; 353 c292-4W;353 c292-3W

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Debates Legislative process Legislative drafting Public bills Parliamentary procedure Allocation of time motions Amendments and new clauses Report stage

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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