HC Deb 27 July 1989 vol 157 cc814-5W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry for each of the last five parliamentary Sessions including the 1988–89 Session, if he will list the number of statutory instruments that were issued by his Department; how many were negative and how many affirmative; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Forth

The answer to the question is contained in the following table:

Parliamentary procedure of the statutory instrument Total number of SIs
Session negative affirmative non layers
11988–89 82 5 11 98
1987–88 123 30 5 158
1986–87 34 11 16 61
1985–86 54 16 13 83
1984–85 71 14 14 99
1 The number of Statutory Instruments for the 1988–89 session is up to and including 25 July 1989.