§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what progress has been made with the Statute Law Database; and if he will make a statement. [123598]
§ Mr. LockSubject to a few exceptions, the Statute Law Database currently holds electronic versions of all public general statutes that were in force on 1 February 1991 as well as all statutes and printed statutory instruments, both general and local, enacted since that date. The Statutory Publications Office is editing statutes on the database, grouped together according to subject matter, bringing them fully up to date by the application of amendments made by subsequent legislation. During the course of the year 2000, successive groups of statutes will become available to end users in a fully updated form. The inquiry facility is currently available to selected Government users.