§ Dr. David ClarkTo 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. ForthThe answer to the question is contained in the following table:
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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.