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	date	07/12/2015
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
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	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Debates
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she now considers the advisory time limit on speeches in debates should be compulsory, and if so, what recommendations she will bring forward for enforcement of the limit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL4324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>It is already open to the House to time-limit debates in the Chamber or Grand Committee to a specific number of hours, with attendant compulsory time limits for speakers (Companion to the Standing Orders, Paras. 6.65-6.66). As this facility is already available, I do not plan to bring forward additional proposals.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/12/2015 17:52:14 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

435698

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Statutory Instruments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 3 December (HL3732), when were the three occasions on which the House withheld its agreement to an affirmative instrument between World War II and 2010, and which instrument was not agreed to on each occasion.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL4273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The three occasions on which the House withheld its agreement to an affirmative instrument prior to 2010 were on 18 June 1968; 22 February 2000; and 28 March 2007. The instruments not agreed to were the Southern Rhodesia (United Nations Sanctions) Order 1968; the Greater London Authority (Election Expenses) Order 2000; and the Gambling (Geographical Distribution of Casino Premises Licences) Order 2007, respectively.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/12/2015 12:27:26 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

435699

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 12 November (HL3121), how many members there were in the House of Lords of (1) the government party, or parties, and (2) the official opposition party, in each year since 1997.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL4274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>For each of the sessions requested, I have set out below the number of those peers eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords sitting on the Government benches and those of the benches of HM Official Opposition.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Governing Party/Parties</p></td><td><p>HM Official Opposition</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>97-98</p></td><td><p>Lab: 176</p></td><td><p>Con: 478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>98-99</p></td><td><p>Lab: 193</p></td><td><p>Con: 484</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>99-00</p></td><td><p>Lab: 201</p></td><td><p>Con: 232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>00-01</p></td><td><p>Lab: 195</p></td><td><p>Con: 225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01-02</p></td><td><p>Lab: 190</p></td><td><p>Con: 217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02-03</p></td><td><p>Lab: 185</p></td><td><p>Con: 210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>03-04</p></td><td><p>Lab: 201</p></td><td><p>Con: 202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>04-05</p></td><td><p>Lab: 199</p></td><td><p>Con: 205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>05-06</p></td><td><p>Lab: 212</p></td><td><p>Con: 208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06-07</p></td><td><p>Lab: 217</p></td><td><p>Con: 202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>07-08</p></td><td><p>Lab: 214</p></td><td><p>Con: 199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08-09</p></td><td><p>Lab: 212</p></td><td><p>Con: 189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09-10</p></td><td><p>Lab: 211</p></td><td><p>Con: 185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-12</p></td><td><p>Con: 214 Lib Dem: 90</p></td><td><p>Lab: 235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12-13</p></td><td><p>Con: 212 Lib Dem: 89</p></td><td><p>Lab: 222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13-14</p></td><td><p>Con: 220 Lib Dem: 99</p></td><td><p>Lab: 218</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>Con: 226 Lib Dem: 103</p></td><td><p>Lab: 216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-16 (as at 21/12/15)</p></td><td><p>Con: 251</p></td><td><p>Lab: 213</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/12/2015 17:51:32 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott