The House of Lords receives around four and a half thousand written questions a year from peers. Of those, Lord Laird alone will have contributed over five hundred.
Actually, just to menk it up a bit, the correct figures are:
4,876 Written Answers *so far* this year - that's up to last Friday - which is less that the number of Questions, because a substantial number are disallowed on the basis of Being Crap. Yes, even worse than Lord Laird's (although he's responsible for a number of those as well, of course). So the annual number is much, much higher. You wouldn't want to underestimate the value of the Written Answers staff, now, would you? They might get a chocolate chip on their shoulder.
Of the 4,876: 525 were from Lord Laird; of which 57 were about Waterways Ireland; of which 10 were about chocolate.
Sadly, after this early spurt, his overall percentage - currently in excess of 10% - is likely to drop. Shame. Still, he could out-bonker us all yet.
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Date: 2006-03-27 12:51 pm (UTC)Actually, just to menk it up a bit, the correct figures are:
4,876 Written Answers *so far* this year - that's up to last Friday - which is less that the number of Questions, because a substantial number are disallowed on the basis of Being Crap. Yes, even worse than Lord Laird's (although he's responsible for a number of those as well, of course). So the annual number is much, much higher. You wouldn't want to underestimate the value of the Written Answers staff, now, would you? They might get a chocolate chip on their shoulder.
Of the 4,876: 525 were from Lord Laird; of which 57 were about Waterways Ireland; of which 10 were about chocolate.
Sadly, after this early spurt, his overall percentage - currently in excess of 10% - is likely to drop. Shame. Still, he could out-bonker us all yet.