Thursday, 11 March 2010
[Relevant documents: Thirteenth Report from the Select Committee on Communities and Local Government Session 2008-09, HC 649-1 and Government Response, Cm 7790.] Motion made, and Question...
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.