§ Mr. Maxwell-Hyslopasked the Secretary of State for the Environment why the document intended to be a consultation paper entitled "Organisation of Historic Buildings in England" is not laid before the House as a 433W Green Paper but is issued by Her Majesty's Stationery Office as a departmental document containing 7¼ pages of text and priced at £1.50; whether he considers that this price and procedure serves to elicit a more widespread and effective response from Parliament and public than publishing as a Green Paper; and why it is not available in the Vote Office as a parliamentary paper.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneI issued my consultation document in the way which seemed to me most likely to reach the widest public. As my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State informed both Houses on the day of publication—Tuesday 24 November 1981—by means of a written answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Staffordshire, South-West (Mr. Cormack).—[Vol. 13, c. 353.] A copy
England and Greater London Rate Income Proportions: 1971–72 and 1980–81 Domestic England Commercial Industrial Other Ratepayers Domestic Greater London Commercial Industrial Other Ratepayers Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. 1971–72 45 39 16 38 47 15 1980–81 43 40 17 33 50 17 Source: DOE estimates based on information about rateable values and poundages.