§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe details are as follows:
Session Number of SI's issued Negative resolution Affirmative resolution 1984–85 37 4 15 1985–86 28 4 8 1986–87 52 13 3 1987–88 48 9 9 1988–891 26 5 2 1 To date