Thursday, 10 January 2008
[Relevant documents: Fourth Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Session 2006-07, on Police Funding, HC 553;and the Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report, Session 2006-07, HC...
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.
