§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will give the number and length of reports issued by each Select Committee for each year since 1981.
§ Mr. BiffenThe information is as follows:
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Committee and year Total number of reports Total number of printed pages Agriculture 1981 5 63 1982 3 64 1983 1 42 1984 5 41 1985 8 62 1986 2 21 1987 1 5 Armed Forces Bill 1981 1 7 1986 1 11 Channel Tunnel Bill 1986 1 45 Defence 1981 5 49 1982 4 116 1983 4 62 1984 3 88 1985 9 102 1986 4 156 Education, Science and Arts 1981 4 15 1982 8 301 1983 3 192 1984 2 38 1985 1 30 1986 3 284 1987 1 14 Employment 1981 7 91 1982 10 33 1983 1 3 1984 4 19 1985 7 30 1986 4 37 1987 1 15 Energy 1981 3 96 1982 8 123 1983 2 42 1984 16 150 1985 5 98 1986 7 60 1987 3 76 Environment 1981 2 75 1982 3 105 1983 4 45 1984 9 127 1985 7 86 1986 8 277 1987 2 57 European Legislation 1981 35 597 1982 29 507 1983 24 578 1984 30 823 1985 31 749 1986 31 743 19871 12 209 Foreign Affairs 1981 7 266 1982 6 183 1983 6 67 1984 6 219 1985 7 215 1986 6 217
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Committee and year Total number of reports Total number of printed pages 1987 1 51 Home Affairs 1981 5 191 1982 3 87 1983 3 90 1984 1 143 1985 5 90 1986 4 73 1987 2 20 House of Commons (Services) 1981 2 12 1982 3 7 1983 2 18 1984 3 72 1985 4 26 1986 2 9 1987 1 7 Liaison 1982 1 124 1985 1 64 1986 1 4 Member's Interests 1984 3 5 1985 1 7 1986 3 7 Members' Salaries 1981 1 2 1982 1 10 Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Bill 1987 1 3 Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration 1981 2 29 1982 3 29 1983 1 3 1984 7 60 1985 2 30 1986 3 36 1987 2 9 Privileges 1981 1 3 1982 1 1 1983 1 2 1984 1 4 1985 2 19 1986 1 5 Procedure (Supply) 1981 1 28 Procedure (Finance) 1983 1 49 Procedure 1984 1 5 1985 5 35 1986 2 8 1987 1 7 Public Accounts 1981 22 200 1982 27 190 1983 19 152 1984 31 239 1985 39 380
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Committee and year Total number of reports Total number of printed pages 1986 48 419 1987 8 31 Scottish Affairs 1981 6 108 1982 4 95 1983 2 21 1984 3 76 1985 4 91 1986 5 43 1987 1 34 Social Services 1981 4 136 1982 3 161 1983 2 15 1984 4 265 1985 8 300 1986 7 140 1987 1 47 Sound Broadcasting 1982 1 23 1983 1 4 1987 2 4 Standing Orders 1986 1 1 Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) 1981 34 110 1982 34 98 1983 25 81 1984 33 102 1985 35 103 1986 34 99 1987 10 29 Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) 1981 26 54 1982 24 50 1983 15 32 1984 3 8 1985 4 12 1986 6 15 1987 2 5 Trade and Industry 1981 7 121 1982 12 125 1983 6 103 1984 9 111 1985 8 154 1986 5 68 1987 3 20 Transport 1981 6 135 1982 6 224 1983 6 101 1984 4 150 1985 7 237 1986 6 121 1987 1 7 Treasury and Civil Service 1981 9 212 1982 8 124 1983 7 175 1984 15 185 1985 13 140 1986 9 88
Committee and year Total number of reports Total number of printed pages 1987 4 65 Welsh Affairs 1981 1 102 1982 1 26 1983 1 117 1984 1 29 1985 1 240 1986 1 27 1987 1 71 1 Up to and including 17th Report. Notes:
1. In addition, the Joint Committee on Consolidation, Ac, Bills published 17 reports in 1981, four reports in 1982, six reports in 1933, 11 reports in 1984, five reports in 1985 and five reports in 1986. It has published one report in 1987. All these reports were under one page in length.
2. The reply includes both reports and special reports.
3. "Number of pages" refers to the number of pages of text of ihe report plus any annexes.
4. Since November 1986 reports have been printed in A4 size pages. Earlier reports were printed in royal octavo.