HC Deb 31 January 1972 vol 830 cc44-5W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Lord President of the Council if he will consider making arrangements for the prominent display in the Members' Lobby of a daily list of publications of all parliamentary, departmental, European Economic Community and other H.M.S.O. publications together with an indication of those available in the Vote Office.

Mr. Whitelaw

The Daily List, which is 24 hours in arrears, is always available in the Vote Office. I am arranging, however, for the list of papers which become available daily to be displayed outside the window of the Vote Office.

Mr. Spearing

asked the Lord President of the Council what arrangements he intends to make in the Palace of Westminster for receipt, storage, and distribution of documents and publications of the European Economic Community; and what estimates he has made of the additional space likely to be needed.

Mr. Whitelaw

The arrangements for the receipt, storage and distribution of documents and publications of the European Economic Community are the same as those in force for other publications. Whether or not additional space is likely to be needed is shortly to be considered by the Services Committee.

Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Lord President of the Council on what date the authenticated English translation of the European Community Secondary Legislation and Index to Titles SBN 11 330001 8 to SBN 11 330042 5 were printed and made available to Members; whether he will give a detailed list of these in the OFFICIAL REPORT with the cost of each paper; and whether, now that translations are available and can be evaluated, he will arrange to issue a set of each of these papers to Members of both Houses of Parliament.

Mr. Whitelaw

The pre-accession series of English texts of secondary legislation of the European Communities was published and made available to hon. Members of both Houses on 13th January. Each volume contains a complete list of parts and the final volume is an index. The cost of the volumes is shown in the front cover of each.

Copies are available to meet the needs of hon. Members and have been placed in the Library of the House.