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Statistics on the Lords

Lord Norton

Now that the 2008-09 session has finished, some data on the session have been published.  The average daily attendance was 400.  There were 89 divisions during the session; the  Government was defeated in 25 of them.  The House sat later than 10.00 p.m. (its target rising time) on 37 out of the 134 sitting days. …