§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many judgments handed down by the High Court in each year since 1987 have held that provisions of(a) primary and (b) secondary legislation were unlawful, giving in each case the sponsoring Department of the legislation and the court's reasons. [15648]
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansThe question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.
Letter from M. D. Huebner to Mr. Gordon Prentice, dated 22 February 1996:
The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, has asked me to reply to your Question about High Court judgments.The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.