Monday, 17 July 2023
[Relevant document: Summary of public engagement by the Petitions Committee, on pay for teaching assistants, reported to the House on 12 July, HC 73.]
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.
