Departmental Legislation

HC Deb 18 March 1997 vol 292 cc533-4W

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Bills his Department has sponsored in each of the past 15 years; and how many have been passed by Parliament. [19771]

Sir John Wheeler

All the Bills sponsored by the Northern Ireland Office in the last 15 years have been passed by Parliament. The details are as follows:

• 1982
• The Northern Ireland Act
• 1985
• The Elections (Northern Ireland) Act
• The Northern Ireland (Loans) Act
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• 1987
• The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act
• 1989
• The Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act
• The Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act
• 1991
• The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act
• ¹Social Security Contributions Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act
• ¹Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act
• ¹Social Security (Consequential provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act
• 1995
• Northern Ireland (Remission of Sentences) Act
• 1996
• The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act
• The Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc) Act
• ¹Statute Law Revision or Consolidation Act