§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Lord President of the Council how many statutory instruments or regulations were debated on the floor of the House or in a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments in each year from 1980, and in the current year to the most recent practicable date; and what percentage this represented out of the total affirmative and negative instruments considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments and the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments.
§ Mr. MacGregor[holding answer 26 November 1991]: The figures for each Session from 1979–80 to 1990–91 are as follows:
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A Session B C D E 1979–80 131 126 1,330 19.3 1980–81 62 109 923 18.6 1981–82 80 99 842 21.3
A Session B C D E 1982–83 70 53 592 20.8 1983–84 96 147 1,127 21.6 1984–85 100 106 840 24.5 1985–86 97 83 1,019 17.7 1986–87 69 68 580 23.6 1987–88 156 99 1,486 17.2 1988–89 117 68 1,072 17.3 1989–90 114 56 1,129 15.1 1990–91 139 48 1,066 17.5 B. Statutory Instruments and Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland considered by Standing Committees on Statutory Instruments, &c.
C. Statutory Instruments and Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland debated on the floor of the House.
D. Statutory Instruments and Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland subject to proceedings considered by the Joint and Select Committees on Statutory Instruments.
E. B and C as a percentage of D.