Westminster Hall debates

Tuesday, 24 February 2009

  • [Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair] — Unitary Authorities

    35 speeches

    Motion made, and Question proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(Mr. Ian Austin.)

  • Scientific Procedures on Animals (Statistics)

    19 speeches

    May I place on the record my appreciation to the Speaker for allowing this debate at rather short notice and for giving us a one-and-a-half-hour slot? That will give many of my colleagues the...

  • [David Taylor in the Chair]

    8 speeches

    I am also concerned about the hon. Gentleman's comment on the use of great apes—or green apes, as the case may be—and where we would find them in a dire emergency. At the moment there...

  • Gas Storage

    6 speeches

    I am grateful to have secured this short but timely debate on the adequacy of UK gas storage. We are experiencing another winter of tight gas supply with supplies being drawn down heavily in the...

  • Epilepsy

    6 speeches

    Epilepsy is a serious neurological condition that affects nearly 400,000 people in England alone. It is a complex condition and can affect anyone, at any age, in any walk of life. It can have a...

  • NHS (Co-operation/Competition)

    4 speeches

    It is very nice to see you in the Chair, Mr. Taylor, and it is good to see the Minister in his place, because in my experience he is a listening Minister who takes note of what people say and...

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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.

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