Westminster Hall debates
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Westminster Hall debates are secondary parliamentary proceedings in the UK House of Commons where MPs discuss a wide range of issues in a less formal, non-voting forum than the main chamber.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
UK parliamentary procedure
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parliamentary proceeding → |
| access |
open to the public in the gallery
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| broadcastBy |
Parliamentlive.tv
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| chair |
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
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member of the Panel of Chairs → |
| chamberType |
secondary debating chamber
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| city |
London
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| country |
United Kingdom
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| decisionMaking |
no amendments to bills voted on
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no legislative decisions taken → |
| governingLaw |
Standing Orders of the House of Commons relating to Westminster Hall
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| hasCharacteristic |
backbench-focused
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less formal than main chamber → no formal divisions → non-voting forum → time-limited debates → topic-based debates → |
| introducedBy |
House of Commons Modernisation Committee recommendations
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| language |
English
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| legislativeBody |
House of Commons
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| locatedIn |
Palace of Westminster
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Westminster Hall → |
| meetingFrequency |
regular sitting days when the House is in session
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| origin |
United Kingdom Parliament reforms of the late 1990s
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| outcomeType |
expressions of opinion
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ministerial responses → |
| participants |
Members of Parliament
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| partOf |
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
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| purpose |
to allow MPs to raise issues of concern
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to enable discussion without binding votes → to provide additional debating time beyond the main chamber → to scrutinise government policy → |
| recordedIn |
Hansard
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| relatedTo |
Backbench Business Committee
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House of Commons main chamber debates → Petitions Committee → |
| rulesOfProcedure |
Standing Orders of the House of Commons
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| scheduling |
parallel to main chamber business
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timetabled by the House authorities → |
| startTime |
1999
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| subjectMatter |
constituency issues
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national and international affairs → wide range of public policy issues → |
| topicSelection |
adjournment debates
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backbench business → petitions debates → select committee reports → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit (Parliamentlive.tv)
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covers |
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Standing Orders of the House of Commons
("Westminster Hall sittings")
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regulates |