Looks like a useful tool that helps identify relative time spent on legislation and the corresponding levels
of parliamentary activity involved for each of them.
In looking
at parliamentary activity since the last election, issues concerning the wave of media acquisitions over the last year and a half were barely mentioned.
In a month with
limited Parliamentary activity because of recess, Murphy still managed to land yet another urgent question — the third in seven weeks.
There are two strands
of parliamentary activity at the moment - the first is the heavy - duty Government legislation, which is mostly going through the Lords, including the Welfare Reform Bill and the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
Significantofficial time and effort go to helping ministers deal accurately withparliamentary questions, MPs letters, briefing committees, debates and all theother forms of
parliamentary activity.
This trend offers prima facie evidence supporting the qualitative impressions of almost all external observers that the Wright reforms have been successful in greatly improving the external visibility of
parliamentary activity.
The recess and elections meant that May saw relatively low levels of
parliamentary activity.
This News International saga has been an open goal for the Lib Dem left to bash the Conservative leadership, and on the whole, they have been business - like in their media appearances and
Parliamentary activity.