Thursday, 31 January 2013
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(Karen Bradley.)
It is a pleasure, Mr Dobbin, to serve under your chairmanship for what I believe is a very important and serious debate this afternoon. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting 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.