§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many pages of(a) primary and (b) secondary legislation her Department put through Parliament in 2002–03. [141125]
§ Mr. CabornThe information is as follows:
(a) My Department sponsored two Bills (one jointly with the Department of Trade and Industry) during the 2002–03 session, which made a total of 765 pages once enacted. (This answer excludes Private Members' Bills.)
(b) In the case of secondary legislation, my Department was responsible, during the 2002–03 session, for the making of 13 General Statutory Instruments, which would have been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. These instruments made a total of 33 pages.
§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of(a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by her Department in 2002–03 was to implement EU requirements. [141172]
§ Mr. CabornThe information is as follows:
(a) As regards primary legislation sponsored by my Department during the 2002–03 session, none of the provisions for which my Department was responsible implemented EU requirements. This answer excludes the provisions in the Communications Act which were the responsibility of the Department of Trade and Industry. It also excludes provisions in that Act which were the responsibility of my Department, but which re-enacted previous provisions implementing EC requirements.
(b) As regards secondary legislation for which my Department was responsible during the 2002–03 session, one statutory instrument of four pages implemented EC requirements. This equated roughly to 12 per cent. of the secondary legislation which my Department was responsible for making during the period (calculated by reference to the total number of pages of such secondary legislation).