§ 44 and 45. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Lord President of the Council (1) why, in the case of non-parliamentary papers, Members of Parliament are generally unable to obtain same from the Vote Office without filling in a green form of application, whereas the Secondary Legislation of the European Economic Community which Her Majesty's Government have declared to be non-parliamentary papers are available at the Vote Office on the same basis as all parliamentary papers;
106W(2) whether he will list the criteria upon which the Government declare papers and documents for Members of Parliament as non-parliamentary and parliamentary; and why the former can only be obtained on a green form and the latter on application at the Vote Office.
§ Mr. R. CarrParliamentary papers are those which are printed by Command in the numbered series together with papers printed in the sessional series of both Houses. Other Government publications not usually presented to the House are described as "non-parliamentary".
For the benefit of Members, however, it was recently decided that those non-parliamentary papers likely to be of general interest to Members should also be placed in the Vote Office. The Secondary Legislation of the European Economic Community naturally falls within this category and consequently a green form does not have to be completed in this case.