Debate on Dartford crossing congestion
28 October 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Hornchurch MP, James Brokenshire, opened a Westminster Hall adjournment debate focusing on delays for drivers using the Dartford river crossing. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Mole, responded for the Government.
- Commons Hansard: Debate on Dartford river crossing
- Topical issues: Transport
- About Parliament: Adjournment debates
An adjournment debate is simply a way of having a general debate without requiring the House to vote.
At sittings in Westminster Hall on Tuesdays and Wednesdays there are two one-and-a-half hour debates and three half-hour debates. The one-and-a-half hour debates are intended to be more general involving a number of MPs.
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