§ Mr. Spearingasked the Lord President of the Council if he will tabulate in the Official Report the annual totals of Statutory Instruments laid on the Table of the House for each year from 1970 to 1976, and for each year show the numbers of Instruments: of local and 141W national effect, subject to the negative and affirmative procedures examined by the Select Committee for scrutiny and the numbers of Instruments which they drew to the attention of the House and the numbers of Instruments whose merits were considered by standing Committee.
General Local Total 1970 … … … … 1,040 1,004 2,044 1971 … … … … 1,114 1,064 2,178 1972 … … … … 1,138 937 2,075 1973 … … … … 1,259 977 2,236 1974 … … … … 1,262 965 2,227 1975 … … … … 1,362 889 2,251 1976* … … … … 833* 969* 1,802* * To 31st October 1976 The tables below summarise the work of the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments since its establishment in its present form in February 1973 and the operation of the procedure for referring statutory instruments to Standing Committees for debate which also originated in Session 1972–73.
INSTRUMENTS CONSIDERED BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1972–73 1973–74 1974 1974–75 1975–76 Instruments subject to affirmative resolution procedure 94 40 75 147 158 Instruments subject to negative resolution procedure 368 396 433 1,039 906 General instruments not subject to affirmative or negative resolution procedure but required to be laid before the House 22 29 25 90 66 General instruments not subject to affirmative or negative resolution procedure and not required to be laid before the House 156 189 174 380 261 Total 640 654 707 1,656 1,391
INSTRUMENTS DRAWN TO THE SPECIAL ATTENTION OF THE HOUSE Session Number of Instruments 1972–73 … … … … 10 1973–74 … … … … 6 1974 … … … … 20 1974–75 … … … … 65 1975–76 … … … … 50