§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) Green and (b) White papers his Department has produced since 1979; if he will list these in date order; in each case, whether the responses to
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Parliamentary Papers 1979 to 1988 Year and Paper White/Green Paper Publication date Command number 1979 Proposals for Revision of the Immigration Rules White 14 November 1979 7750 1980 The Interception of Communications in Great Britain White 1 April 1980 7873 The Review of the Public Order Act 1936 and Related Legislation Green 22 April 1980 7891 The Government's Reply to 15th Report from the Expenditure Committee: Reduction of Pressure on The Prison system White 25 June 1980 7948 British Nationality Law White 30 July 1980 7987 Young Offenders White 2 October 1980 8045 1981 The Government's Reply to the 1st Report from the Home Affairs Committee Session 1980–81: Home Office Reports White 31 March 1981 8214 The Government's Reply to the 3rd Report from the Home Affairs Committee: Vagrancy Offences White 21 July 1981 8311 The Government's Reply to the 4th Report from the Home Affairs Committee Session 1980–81: the Prison Service White 8 December 1981 8446 1982 The Government's Reply to the 5th Report from the Home Affairs Committee Session 1981–82: Racial Disadvantage White 26 January 1982 8476 the papers were deposited in the Library; and what was the percentage of such papers for each year which have not had their responses placed in the Library since 1980.
§ Mr. HurdThe following is a list in date order of six Green and 48 White papers produced by the Home Office which have been laid before parliament since 1 January 1979. The list includes White Papers prepared in response to the reports of Select Committees but excludes Home Office annual statistical reports published as Command papers.
The Department does not hold centrally records of whether responses have been deposited in the Library.
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Year and Paper White/Green Paper Publication date Command number Data Protection: The Government's Proposals for Legislation White 7 April 1982 8539 The Government's Reply to the 1st Report of Home Affairs Committee Session 1981–1982: the Commission for Racial Equality White 27 April 1982 8547 The Government's Reply to the 4th Report of the Home Affairs Committee Session 1981–1982: Police Complaints Procedures White 18 October 1982 8681 Proposals for Revision of the Immigration Rules White 23 October 1982 8683 The Government's Reply to the 5th Report of the Home Affairs Committee Session 1981–1982: Immigration from the Indian Sub-Continent White 25 November 1982 8725 1983 The Government's Reply to the 6th Report of the Home Affairs Committee Session 1981–82: Miscarriage of Justice White 13 April 1983 8856 The development of Cable Systems and Services White 27 April 1983 8866 Scientific Procedures on Living Animals White 12 May 1983 8883 Police Complaints and Discipline Procedures White 27 October 1983 9072 An Independent Prosecution Service for England and Wales White 27 October 1983 9074 1984 The Government's Reply to the 1st Report from the Education, Science and Arts Committee, Session 1982–83: Prison Education White 18 January 1984 9126 The Government's Reply to the 1st Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1982–83: Representation of the People Acts White 31 January 1984 9140 The Government's Reply to the 3rd Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1982–83: British Nationality Fees White 7 March 1984 9183 Intermittent Custody Green 29 June 1984 9281 The Government's Reply to the 1st Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1983–84: Remands in Custody White 24 July 1984 9322 Shops Act—Report of the Committee of Inquiry into proposals to amend the Shops Acts: Late Night and Sunday Opening White 21 November 1984 9376 1985 Extradition Green 20 February 1985 9421 The Interception of Communications in the United Kingdom White 7 February 1985 9434 The Government's Reply to the 1st Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1984–85: Compensation and Support for victims of crime White 7 March 1985 9457 Scientific Procedures on Living Animals White 15 May 1985 9521 Review of Public Order Law (included the Government's reply to the 5th Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1979–80: The Law relating to Public Order) White 16 May 1985 9510 The Government's Reply to the 2nd Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1984–85: Chinese Community in Britain White 24 July 1985 9586 The Government's Reply to the 3rd Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1984–85: Refugees and Asylum with Special Reference to the Vietnamese White 26 September 1985 9626 The Government's Reply to the 6th Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Sesion 1984–85: Immigration and Nationality Department of the Home Office White 2 October 1985 9632 The Nationality Provisions of the Hong Kong Act 1985, with a draft Order-in-Council White 17 October 1985 9637 1986 Criminal Justice Bill plans for Legislation White 6 March 1986 9658 The Prison Disciplinary System in England and Wales White 23 October 1986 9920 The Government's Reply to the 3rd Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1985–1986: Racial Attacks and Harassment White 11 December 1986 45
Year and Paper White/Green Paper Publication date Command number 1987 Metropolitan Police Fund Accounts 1985–1986 White 17 February 1987 86 Radio: Choices and Opportunities—A Consultative Document Green 25 February 1987 92 The Government's Reply to the 3rd Report from the Social Services Committee, Session 1985–86: The Prison Service White 26 March 1987 115 The Government's Reply to the 2nd Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1986–1987: Bangladeshis in Britain White 23 July 1987 193 The Government's Reply to the 2nd Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1985–1986: Immigration from the Indian Sub-Continent White 25 August 1987 199 Firearms Act 1968—Proposals for Reform White 2 December 1987 261 1988 The Government's Reply to the 3rd Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1985–1986: State and Use of Prisons White 3 December 1987 263 The Government's Reply to the 2nd Report of the Education, Science and the Arts Committee, Session 1986–1987: Prison Education White 26 January 1988 298 The Government's Reply to the 2nd Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1986–1987: Redistribution of Seats White 4 February 1988 308 The Government's Reply to the 5th Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1986–1987: Passport Control White 11 February 1988 313 Metropolitan Police Fund Accounts 1986–1987 White 24 February 1988 325 Metropolitan Police Fund Estimates 1988–1989 White 12 April 1988 356 Reform of Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 White 29 June 1988 408 The Government's Reply to the 2nd Report from the Home Affairs Committee Session 1987–1988: Plans for Radio Broadcasting White 30 June 1988 411 The Government's Reply to the 1st Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1987–1988: Public Expenditure Plans 198–1989 to 1990–1991 White 14 July 1988 422 Punishment, Custody and The Community Green 18 July 1988 424 Private Sector Involvement in the Remand System Green 25 July 1988 434