HC Deb 30 January 1996 vol 270 c748W
Mr. Hanson

To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will list the number of statutory instruments considered by the House in each parliamentary Session from 1974 to date. [10768]

Mr. Newton

The figures for the numbers of statutory instruments considered by the House, in Standing Committee and on the Floor of the House, for each Session since 1974 are as follows:

Standing Committee Floor of the House
1994–95 126 81
1993–94 69 88
1992–93 199 82
1991–92 60 42
1990–91 139 48
1989–90 114 56
1988–89 117 68
1987–88 156 99
1986–87 69 68
1985–86 97 83
1984–85 100 106
1983–84 96 147
1982–83 70 53
1981–82 80 99
1980–81 62 109
1979–80 131 126
1978–79 70 48
1977–78 138 65
1976–77 126 72
1975–76 96 92
1974–75 101 67
1974 38 33