HC Deb 19 June 1996 vol 279 c496W
Ms Hodge

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) on how many occasions in each Session since 1991–92 legislation has been introduced into Parliament by his Department, with the purpose of(a) removing the effects of a judicial review decision or (b) implementing a judicial review decision; and if he will list the relevant legislative provisions; [33592]

(2) how many decisions by his Department were challenged by way of judicial review in each session since 1991–2; and if he will list in how many cases (a) the Department's decision was upheld by the court, (b) the court found for the applicant, (c) the Department submitted to the judgment and (d) the Department appealled successfully against the judicial review decision. [33574]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.