Thursday, 5 July 2007
[Relevant documents: Fourth Report from the International Development Committee, Session 2006-07, HC 114, and the Government's response thereto, Fifth Special Report, Session 2006-07, HC 430.]...
Opened in December 1999, Westminster Hall 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.