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Debate between John McNally and Alan Brown
Thursday 9th June 2016
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John Mc Nally (Falkirk) (SNP)
5. How long the House spent voting in the 2015-16 Session.
Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)
6. How long the House spent voting in the 2015-16 Session.
The Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Dr Thérèse Coffey)
The Government do not collect this information and do not have the information available. However, the House publishes a record of the time taken on all types of business in the House, and that will be available in the next Sessional Return when it is published in due course. As has been published, hon. Members had the opportunity to participate in 269 Divisions during the last Session, but the total time taken for all business that gave rise to one or more Divisions was 471 hours and 46 minutes.