§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will state the last date to which the bound sessional index volume of theOfficial Report refers; when he expects further publication of bound index volumes relating to the last Parliament to be published; and what plans he has for reducing the interval between the end of a parliamentary Session and publication of the relevant bound index.
§ Mr. BeithThe last Session for which there is a bound sessional index volume for theOfficial Report is 1988–89. Work is taking place on the index for Session 1989–90 which it is hoped will be published in the first half of 1993. The index for Session 1990–91 is expected to be published a few months later. I understand that the Librarian is reviewing the production of the three published indexes to the Official Report with a view to speeding up publication of the sessional index.