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Written question asked by Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 18 May 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 June 2016. It was answered by Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Conservative) on Tuesday, 31 May 2016 on behalf of the Leader of the House of Lords.

Select Committee Reports

Question

To ask the Leader of the House what was the average time in (1) the 2015–16 Session, and (2) each of the last five Sessions before that, between the publication of a select committee report and its being debated; and how many select committee reports published in the 2015–16 Session and the previous five Sessions were undebated (1) 12 months, and (2) six months, after publication.

Answer

My office does not hold the information requested.

My Noble Friend the Government Chief Whip makes regular offers of time for debates on Select Committee reports to the Committee Office. The Committee Office then coordinate among Chairmen to determine which reports are debated on such occasions and in what order.


Sixteen select committee reports were debated in the last session and debates on nine reports have been arranged thus far this session.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL53
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Debates House of Lords Select Committee reports
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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