§ Mr. Cyril Smithasked 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 ShortThe 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.