§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many(a) Scottish legal texts, (b) Scottish session cases and (c) other Scots law books are held by the Privy Council; and if she will place a list of all such material in the Library. [116517]
§ Mrs. BeckettI have been asked to reply.
As at 29 March 2000 there were 16 volumes of Scottish legal materials held in the library of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Details are as follows:
- Laws of Scotland 1828 (comprising Laws and Acts of Parliament)
- Erskine's Institute of the Law of Scotland—(1871)
- Stair's Institutions of the Law of Scotland—(1832)
- Bell's Principles of the Laws of Scotland—(1899)
- Bell's Commentaries on the Laws of Scotland—(1826) 5th and (1858) 6th
- Bell's Dictionary Scotch Law A-E
- Bell's Dictionary Scotch Law F-Z
- Compendium of English & Scotch Law (Paterson)—(1865)
- Session Cases (Cases decided in the Court of Session and also in the Court of Justiciary etc. and House of Lords)—(1998) and (1999)
- Scots Law Times (Reports) (News. Sheriff. Lord)—(1998) and (1999)
- The Scotland Act (Hinsworth & Munro)—(1998).
In addition the following are on order and due to be delivered shortly: a set of Sessions Cases from 1821; a set of Scots Law Times Reports from 1893; the Parliament House Book (five volumes); Current Law Statutes; together with updating material on the above as it is issued.
§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what resources are available to the Privy Council this year to purchase Scottish texts, Scottish sessions cases and Scots law books. [116519]
§ Mrs. BeckettI have been asked to reply.
An additional sum of £20,000 has been allocated on the current year's allowance for the acquisition of textbooks and other reference material for use for the purposes of devolution appeals and references to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.