§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment for each of the last five parliamentary Sessions including the 1988–89 Session, if he will list the number of Statutory Instruments that were issued by his Department; how many were negative and how many affirmative; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. PattenThe following is the information requested by the hon. Member as to the number of statutory instruments issued by my Department:
Parliamentary session Number issued Negative Affirmative 1984–85 (6 November 1984 to 30 October 1985) 186 85 5 1985–86 6 November 1985 to 7 November 1986) 159 94 8 1986–87 (12 November 1986 to 15 May 1987) 82 46 4 1987–88 (25 June 1987 to 15 November 1988) 131 90 10 1988–89 (22 November 1988 to date) 130 87 6 Note:
In each case the balance represents those instruments, chiefly orders changing parish boundaries, which are subject neither to the affirmative nor to the negative procedure.