HL Deb 21 October 1971 vol 324 c519WA
LORD GARDINER

asked Her Majesty's Government:

The approximate number of Public Acts on the Statute Book:

  1. (a)On the 1st October,1964:
  2. (b)On the 1st June,1970:
  3. (c)On the 6th August,1971.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR (LORD HAILSHAM OF Sr. MARYLEBONE)

Excluding local or personal Acts and those mainly applying only outside Great Britain, the approximate numbers are 3,680,3,644 and 3,525.