Westminster Hall debates

Tuesday, 1 December 2009

  • [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Higher Education

    53 speeches

    Motion made, and Question proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned.-(Steve McCabe.)

  • Proportional Representation

    57 speeches

    I want to put the case for proportional representation-a system by which parties are represented in Parliament in proportion to the votes that they get in the country-and for triennial...

  • [Mr. David Amess in the Chair]

    25 speeches

    The other argument has been that a small party could hold larger parties to ransom, but that has not been our experience in Scotland. It appeared to be the case, as has been mentioned, with the...

  • Seaside Town Regeneration

    4 speeches

    Nowhere in the United Kingdom is further than 70 miles from the sea-it has been a much loved resource for holidaying Britons over the years-yet our coastal towns, once famous holiday...

  • Super-strength Lager

    7 speeches

    I am sorry if I am slightly breathless, but my watch is a few minutes slow. I have two very limited objectives in this debate. The first is to persuade the Minister- The Minister of State,...

  • Offshore Dredging

    12 speeches

    It is a great pleasure, Mr. Amess, to speak under your chairmanship on a subject that is of great concern to many of my constituents and to those of colleagues in coastal constituencies. The...

What is this?

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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