HC Deb 29 January 2003 vol 398 cc877-8W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many statutory instruments were issued by MAFF in each calendar year from 1979 to 2001; and how many have been issued by her Department since June 2001. [89837]

Alun Michael

The number of Statutory Instruments issued by MAFF in each calendar year from 1979 June 2001 is as follows:

Number
1979 95
1980 128
1981 110
1982 119
1983 108
1984 82
1985 88
1986 102
1987 127
1988 96
1989 135
1990 158
1991 111
1992 145
1993 150
1994 115
1995 138
1996 162
1997 139
1998 130
1999 116

Number
2000 127
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1 To 7 June 297 (of which 259 related specifically to the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak)

Defra was created on 8 June 2001. The number of statutory instruments laid by Defra in 2001 was 219 of which 159 related specifically to the Foot and Mouth disease outbreak, and seven were on topics previously the responsibility of DETR.

The figure in 2002 was 127 of which 29 were on topics previously the responsibility of DETR and 6 related to the aftermath of the Foot and Mouth Disease.

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