House of Commons and House of Lords
Busiest House of Commons debates from the most recent week
- Orders of the Day
- Hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation (225 speeches, 9 comments)
Tuesday, 6 May 2008 - Points of Order
- Child Poverty in Scotland (163 speeches, 2 comments)
Thursday, 1 May 2008 - Business of the House
- Defence in the World (138 speeches)
Thursday, 8 May 2008 - Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day-First Part]
- Civil Service (76 speeches)
Wednesday, 7 May 2008 - Private Business
- Broads Authority Bill (By Order) (66 speeches, 1 comment)
Wednesday, 7 May 2008 - Business of the House (50 speeches, 1 comment)
- Thursday, 8 May 2008
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Recent debates
Busiest House of Lords debates from the most recent week
- European Union (Amendment) Bill (104 speeches, 1 comment)
- Tuesday, 6 May 2008
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (95 speeches, 1 comment)
- Wednesday, 7 May 2008
- Alcohol Labelling Bill [HL] (75 speeches)
- Thursday, 1 May 2008
- European Union (Amendment) Bill (70 speeches)
- Tuesday, 6 May 2008
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill (45 speeches)
- Wednesday, 7 May 2008
- Burma: Cyclone Nargis (23 speeches)
- Thursday, 8 May 2008
Some recent written answers
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Military Decorations (1 May 2008; 2 comments)
- Don Touhig:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many countries award medals to British service (a) personnel and (b) veterans; and whether their recipients in each instance are permitted to wear the medal.
- Transport: Local Authorities: Manpower (6 May 2008)
- David Drew:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether local authorities have recruited additional staff to take account of the change in April in their responsibilities under parking regulations.
- Health: Wafarin (8 May 2008)
- John Hemming:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on the provision of wafarin monitoring services by private providers; and what assessment he has made of the provision of such services by a private provider in the Birmingham area.
- Home Department: Firearms: Crime (6 May 2008)
- David Davis:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many gun-related crimes were recorded by the Metropolitan police in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2006-07.
- Justice: Non-molestation Orders (1 May 2008)
- Theresa May:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have applied for a non-molestation order since 1 July 2007.
Busiest Westminster Hall debates from the most recent week
- [Hugh Bayley in the Chair] — International Development (Sanitation and Water) (71 speeches)
- Thursday, 1 May 2008
- [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair] — National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (56 speeches)
- Thursday, 8 May 2008
- [Mr. Eric Martlew in the Chair] — Flood Defences (Norfolk) (50 speeches, 1 comment)
- Tuesday, 6 May 2008
- Democratic Republic of Congo (Development) (27 speeches)
- Wednesday, 7 May 2008
- [Hugh Bayley in the Chair] — RAF Aldergrove (25 speeches)
- Wednesday, 7 May 2008
- Thatched Roofs (Planning Policy) (14 speeches)
- Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Some recent Written Ministerial Statements
- Communities and Local Government: Parliamentary Question (Correction) 6 May 2008
- Caroline Flint: The hon. Member for Peterborough (Stewart Jackson) asked for a copy of all correspondence relating to the purchase by the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation (TTGDC) of (a) the Grays...
- Communities and Local Government: Local Government 7 May 2008
- John Healey: Earlier this year Parliament approved orders creating, from 1 April 2009, nine new unitary councils for the seven areas of Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Durham, Northumberland, Shropshire...
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: General Affairs and External Relations Council 6 May 2008
- Jim Murphy: I represented the UK at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Luxembourg on 29 April 2008. The agenda items covered were as follows: External Relations Zimbabwe I agreed...
- Communities and Local Government: Flood Recovery Update 6 May 2008
- John Healey: Last summer's exceptional floods caused widespread damage and misery for thousands of people. But the response was equally exceptional—from local authorities and other local agencies, the...
- Northern Ireland: Independent Monitoring Commission 1 May 2008
- Shaun Woodward: I have received the Eighteenth Report of the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC). This report has been made under Articles 4 and 7 of the international agreement that established the...
Still to come: Select Committees, and much more...