HC Deb 13 November 1972 vol 846 cc45-6W
Mr. Pounder

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many copies of the publication. "The Future of Northern Ireland—a Paper for Discussion", were sold by the Stationery Office in Belfast in the first fortnight since publication; and how this compares with sales of the Green Paper on the future development of the Parliament and Government of Northern Ireland, Command Paper No. 560 of 1971 and of the White Paper, "Political Settlement", Command Paper No. 568 of 1972.

Mr. van Straubenzee

In the first fortnight since publication 10,500 copies of the Paper for Discussion were sold by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in Belfast and over 1,000 by local government offices in Northern Ireland. In addition to this, it is estimated that between 7,000 and 8,000 were sold by the Stationery Office bookshops in the rest of the United Kingdom.

During a similar period after publication, the paper "Parliament and Government of Northern Ireland 1971" sold 1,550 copies in Belfast and the White Paper "Political Settlement 1972" sold 700 copies.