§ Mr. Spearingasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will publish, under appropriate classifications, the absolute and percentage increase in the print setting requirements of Parliamentary Papers from 1964 to 1974 and similar figures to illustrate changes in the numbers and/or space required for Written Answers in the Official Report.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisPrint setting requirements of Parliamentary Papers for the House of Commons, including the Vote, Bills, Reports, Standing Committees and Journals, in 1964 amounted to 45,085 pages and in 1973, to 89,159 pages. The percentage increase was 97.7 per cent.
The House of Lords Official Report and Journal amounted to 6,046 pages in 1964 and in 1973 to 8,832 pages, an increase of 46.0 per cent.
In 1974 there was an industrial dispute in HMSO Presses which affected the House of Commons Journal, and' 26 issues of the Vote. In that year print-setting for the House of Commons amounted to 54,004 pages; for the House of Lords the amount was 6,956 pages.
The number of pages of Written Answers appearing in the House of Commons Official Reports for 1964 amounted to 2,170; in 1974 the total was 3,934 pages, an increase of 81.3 per cent.