HC Deb 12 November 1975 vol 899 c719W
Mr. Cyril Smith

asked the Lord President of the Council if he will give details of the number of pages that will be added to the statute book from this Session of Parliament and compare this with each of the last five Sessions of Parliament.

Mr. Edward Short

The numbers of pages added to the statute book since the 1970–71 Session are as follows:

1970–71 (July 1970 to October 1971) 2,152
1971–72 (November 1971 to October 1972) 2,100
1972–73 (November 1972 to October 1973) 2,260
1973–74 (October 1973 to February 1974) 245
1974 (March to July 1974) 1,648
1974–75 (October 1974 to November 1975) 2,836*
* This is an estimate based on Acts so far printed in volume form plus the expected content of Acts not yet converted from The Queen's Printers form and those not yet printed at all.

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