HC Deb 21 June 1978 vol 952 cc201-2W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many Statutory Instruments have been laid before the House under his authority in each of the past five years.

Mr. Benn

The numbers of Statutory Instruments laid before the House under my authority since the beginning of 1974, when the Department of Energy was set up, are as follows:

1974 37
1975 53
1976 65
1977 52
1st January 1978 to 15th June 1978 11

The figures given above include a number of instruments of purely local effect.

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