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Recent House of Commons debates
- Bills Presented — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Relocation to Bristol) Bill
- Clause 8 — Council tax reduction schemes (207 speeches)
Tuesday, 31 January 2012 - Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister
- Clause 10 — Responsibility for children and young persons (189 speeches, 2 annotations)
Wednesday, 1 February 2012 - Oral Answers to Questions — Justice
- Informal European Council (168 speeches)
Tuesday, 31 January 2012 - Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister
- Clause 51 — Period of entitlement to contributory allowance (168 speeches)
Wednesday, 1 February 2012 - Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister
- Clause 93 — Benefit cap (163 speeches)
Wednesday, 1 February 2012 - Bill Presented — Financial Services
- Strategic Defence and Security Review (159 speeches)
Thursday, 26 January 2012 - Bill Presented — Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Bill
- Transparency and Consistency of Sentencing (156 speeches)
Thursday, 2 February 2012 - Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government
- Civil Aviation Bill (135 speeches, 5 annotations)
Monday, 30 January 2012 - Business of the House (101 speeches, 1 annotation)
- Thursday, 26 January 2012
- Business of the House (93 speeches, 2 annotations)
- Thursday, 2 February 2012
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What are Debates?
Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
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Recent Westminster Hall debates
- [Mr David Amess in the Chair] — Backbench business — Network Rail (71 speeches)
- Thursday, 2 February 2012
- [Mr David Crausby in the Chair] — Falkland Islands (60 speeches)
- Tuesday, 31 January 2012
- Policing (North Wales) (57 speeches)
- Tuesday, 31 January 2012
- [Hywel Williams in the Chair] — Work Capability Assessments (54 speeches, 2 annotations)
- Wednesday, 1 February 2012
- [Philip Davies in the Chair] — International Development (India) (37 speeches)
- Thursday, 26 January 2012
- [Mr Edward Leigh in the Chair] (37 speeches)
- Tuesday, 31 January 2012
- Community Sports Facilities — [Mr Peter Bone in the Chair] (37 speeches)
- Wednesday, 1 February 2012
- Social Mobility (14 speeches)
- Tuesday, 31 January 2012
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (14 speeches)
- Tuesday, 31 January 2012
- Human Rights — [Andrew Rosindell in the Chair] (13 speeches)
- Thursday, 26 January 2012
Recent Westminster Hall debates
What are Westminster Hall Debates?
In December 1999, a new meeting place was opened up for debates - Westminster Hall.
Westminster Hall sits alongside the main Chamber, and is aimed at fostering a new style of debate. Sessions are open to all MPs, who sit in a horseshoe arrangement which is meant to encourage constructive rather than confrontational debate
The meetings are presided over by a Deputy Speaker and there are no votes.
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Recent House of Lords debates
- Scotland Bill
- Committee (2nd Day) (Continued) (107 speeches)
Thursday, 2 February 2012 - Scotland Bill — Committee (1st Day) (Continued) (103 speeches, 1 annotation)
- Thursday, 26 January 2012
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
- Committee (7th Day) (85 speeches)
Wednesday, 1 February 2012 - Protection of Freedoms Bill
- Report (81 speeches)
Tuesday, 31 January 2012 - Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
- Committee (6th Day) (69 speeches)
Monday, 30 January 2012 - Scotland Bill
- Committee (1st Day) (61 speeches)
Thursday, 26 January 2012 - Scotland Bill
- Committee (2nd Day) (49 speeches)
Thursday, 2 February 2012 - Welfare Reform Bill
- Third Reading (48 speeches)
Tuesday, 31 January 2012 - Welfare Reform Bill — Third Reading (Continued) (35 speeches)
- Tuesday, 31 January 2012
- EU Council — Statement (31 speeches)
- Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Recent debates
What are Debates?
Debates in the House of Lords are an opportunity for Peers from all parties (and crossbench peers, and Bishops) to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.