§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether, in view of the use of computers in foreign countries for indexing statute law, he will provide the necessary information to commercial firms that wish to provide such a service.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerI informed the hon. Member, in my answer to his Question on 29th January 1973, that with certain limited exceptions, the whole of the United Kingdom statute law will in due course be available in magnetic tape form and that copies of the tapes will be on sale by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Alternatively, it would be open to any commercial organisation to prepare a data base from published copies of statutes.