<Li> In October 2016 Conservative Minister Sam Gyimah filibustered a bill sponsored by John Nicolson of the Scottish National Party that would pardon historic convictions of homosexuality (which is no longer an offence), replacing an existing law that requires each pardon to be applied for separately . </Li> <P> The all - time Commons record for non-stop speaking, six hours, was set by Henry Brougham in 1828, though this was not a filibuster . The 21st century record was set on December 2, 2005 by Andrew Dismore, Labour MP for Hendon . Dismore spoke for three hours and 17 minutes to block a Conservative Private Member's Bill, the Criminal Law (Amendment) (Protection of Property) Bill, which he claimed amounted to "vigilante law ." Although Dismore is credited with speaking for 197 minutes, he regularly accepted interventions from other MPs who wished to comment on points made in his speech . Taking multiple interventions artificially inflates the duration of a speech and thus may be used as a tactic to prolong a speech . </P> <P> In local unitary authorities of England a motion may be carried into closure by filibustering . This results in any additional motions receiving less time for debate by Councillors instead forcing a vote by the Council under closure rules . </P> <P> A notable filibuster took place in the Northern Ireland House of Commons in 1936 when Tommy Henderson (Independent Unionist MP for Shankill) spoke for nine and a half hours (ending just before 4 am) on the Appropriation Bill . As this Bill applied government spending to all departments, almost any topic was relevant to the debate, and Henderson used the opportunity to list all of his many criticisms of the Unionist government . </P>

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