HC Deb 04 February 1997 vol 289 c806

Mr. Anthony Steen accordingly presented a Bill to oblige Ministers of the Crown, when proposing either to implement any proposal under the European Community Treaties for legislation by the Council of Ministers or to introduce any bill or statutory instrument, simultaneously to propose the repeal of at least a similar quantity of existing legislation to that which they propose to implement or to introduce.: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 14 February, and to be printed [Bill 93].