§ Mr. Bishopasked the Lord President of the Council how many statutory instruments were made and laid before Parliament in 1973; what were the numbers subject to affirmative and negative procedures, respectively; and what estimate he has made of the number which will result from EEC membership in the current year.
§ Mr. Edward ShortAt Aeir meetings in 1973, the scrutiny committees considered 53 instruments subject to affirmative procedure, 75 draft instruments subject to affirmative procedure, 571 instruments subject to negative procedure, 43 instruments (Northern Ireland) subject to negative procedure, 18 draft instruments subject to negative procedure and 46 instruments general in character and laid before one or both Houses.
The number of instruments in the current year which will result from EEC membership cannot be reliably estimated but it is unlikely to exceed about 70. This figure includes about 40 tariff orders, most of which involve reductions in the level of import duties.
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