Thursday, 5 June 2008
[Relevant documents: First Report from the Environmental Audit Committee, Session 2007-08, HC 76-I; Fourth Report and Fifth Special Report from the Environmental Audit Committee (Government...
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.