§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Lord President of the Council if he will list, for each year since 1979, the number of statutory instruments reported as ultra vires by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments.
§ Mr. MacGregorThis information which is available in the Library is kept only on a sessional basis. The numbers of instruments reported because of a doubt as to vires both by the Joint Committee and the Select Committee since Session 1978–79 are as follows:
Joint Select 1978–79 1 0 1979–80 5 0 1980–81 4 0 1981–82 2 0 1982–83 5 1 1983–84 8 0 1984–85 3 0 1985–86 14 1 1986–87 19 2 1987–88 34 2 1988–89 29 0 11989–90 40 6 1Includes instruments reported on by reason of unusual or unexpected use of powers.