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Thursday 6 November 2008

Mr John Baron (Billericay):  

To ask the Leader of the House, how many pages of (a) primary legislation and (b) delegated legislation were passed by the House in each (i) Session between 1983 and 1995 and (ii) calendar year between 1983 and the last year for which figures are available.
 
Chris Bryant:

The information is set out below but is only readily available by calendar year.

The figures do not include Church of England Measures. The page size of bound volumes of primary legislation changed in 1988.

Year                    Pages of Primary Legislation Pages of Delegated Legislation
1983 1420 6439
1984 2876 6099
1985 3233 6518
1986 2847 9091
1987 1538 6300
1988 3403 6342
1989 2489 6702
1990 2391 6590
1991 2254 7670
1992 2678 9014
1993 2645 7996
1994 2335 10188
1995 3001 9734
1996 3150 9528
1997 2061 8613
1998 2469 7429
1999 2063 10754
2000 3841 8712
2001 1594 10760
2002 2868 9109
2003 4030 9378
2004 3470 9574
2005 2868 12928
2006 4911 11562

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