HL Deb 15 October 1981 vol 424 cc552-3WA
Lord Renton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many pages containing public general Acts of Parliament were added to the statute book in each of the years from 1971 to 1980.

The Lord Chancellor

The gross totals of the pages containing public general Acts added to the statute book in the years from 1971 to 1980 were:—

1971 2,107
1972 2,527
1973 2,248
1974 1,875
1975 2,800
1976 2,096
1977 1,288
1978 1,481
1979 1,435
1980 2,866

The net total (i.e. the new material mentioned above less the material repealed) could only be calculated at disproportionate cost.