§ Lord Rippon of Hexhamasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many pages of statutes were enacted in 1988 and 1989, whether these figures have ever been exceeded, and if so when.
§ The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Belstead)The changeover to A4 format for statutes in 1987 has made the comparison sought difficult to carry out. The figures below show the number of pages of legislation in the years since 1974, with the last three years converted for the purposes of comparison:
Number of Pages of Legislation (Excluding Consolidation and Scottish Acts) 1974* 1,360 1975 1,690 1976 1,400 1977 790 1978 830 1979* 580 1980 1,470 1981 1,330 1982 1,360 1983* 660 1984 1,485 1985 1,558 1986 2,174 1987* 1,131 (A4 943) 1988 2,170 (A4 1,809) 1989 2,581 (A4 2,151) *Election years