§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Lord President of the Council on how many occasions paperback versions of completeOfficial Reports of Standing Committees on Bills have been published (a) prior to the Report stage of the Bill and (b) to date, in the current Session of Parliament; and what changes there have been in this practice since the Session 1979–80. [37013]
§ Mr. NewtonThere are no set timetables for the publication of paperback versions of complete Standing CommitteeHansards. The practice is to publish them in recesses, usually summer recesses.
No such versions have been published (a) before the Report stage of a Bill or (b) to date, in the current Session.
There have been no changes in the practice since the 1979–80 Session.