UK Parliament Hansard Debates
Westminster Hall debates
Busiest Westminster Hall debates from the most recent week
- [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
- Micro-combined Heat and Power (11 speeches)
- Wednesday, 1 February 2012
- Foreign Policy (Soft Power) (9 speeches)
- Wednesday, 1 February 2012
- Unemployment (Halifax) (7 speeches)
- Wednesday, 1 February 2012
- Offshore Renewable Energy (East Anglia) (4 speeches)
- Tuesday, 31 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.
