Thursday, 10 December 2009
[Relevant documents: Fifth Report from the Work and Pensions Committee Session 2008-09 HC 411 and the Government response HC 1029.] Motion made, and Question proposed, That the sitting be now...
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.
