HC Deb 23 November 1995 vol 267 cc779-80

Ordered,

Returns for Session 1994–95 of—

  1. (1) Business of the House;
  2. (2) Closure of Debate and Allocation of Time;
  3. (3) Private Bills and Private Business;
  4. (4) Public Bills;
  5. (5) Sittings of the House;
  6. (6) Special Procedure Orders;
  7. (7) Standing Committees; and
  8. (8) Select Committees in the same terms as the Orders made on 14th December 1994; and
  9. (9) Delegated Legislation and Deregulation Proposals, &c., showing:—
  1. (A) the numbers of instruments subject to the different forms of parliamentary procedure and those for which no parliamentary procedure is prescribed by statute (1) laid before the House; and (2) considered by the Joint Committee and Select Committee on Statutory Instruments respectively pursuant to their orders of reference, setting out the grounds on which Instruments may be drawn to the special attention of the House under Standing Order No. 124 (Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)) and specifying the number of Instruments so reported under each of these grounds;
  2. (B) the numbers of Statutory Instruments and other documents ordered to be treated as Statutory Instruments, other than draft deregulation orders, considered by the House and by Standing Committees on Statutory Instruments, &c, respectively, showing—
    1. (i) with respect to those considered by the House, the number considered before 10th January 1995, indicating the numbers subject to affirmative and negative procedure; the number which did not stand referred to Standing Committees under the Sessional Order [19th December 1994], and the number considered after 10th January 1995 to which the Sessional Order did not apply; and
    2. (ii) with respect to those considered by Standing Committees on Statutory Instruments, &c., the number referred to Standing Committees before 10th January 1995, indicating the numbers subject to affirmative and negative procedure; the number which stood referred to Standing Committees under the Sessional Order [19th December], and the number referred to Standing Committees after 10th January 1995 to which the Sessional Order did not apply;
    3. (C) the number of Statutory Instruments and other documents ordered to be treated as Statutory Instruments approved &c. by the House, indicating the number upon which the Question for approval was put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 101 (Standing committees on Statutory Instruments, &c.); and the number of Instruments and other documents reported by Standing Committees on Statutory Instruments, &c., indicating the number upon which no subsequent proceedings took place; and
    4. (D) the number of deregulation proposals and draft orders, showing for deregulation proposals the number in respect of which the Deregulation Committee recommended that a draft order in the same terms should be laid before the House, that the proposals should be amended, and that the order-making power should not be 239912 N 780 used, respectively; and for draft orders the number in respect of which the Deregulation Committee recommended that the draft order should be approved, and whether or not the recommendation was agreed upon Division, and those which the Committee recommended should not be approved, respectively, and in each case, the decision of the House.—[The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means]