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Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will list the numbers of written answers given to each of the top 30 hon. Members in rank order of number of questions tabled (a) during the 1991-92 session and (b) in the 1992-93 session up to 16 July.
Mr. Newton : The Members receiving the most answers to written questions in session 1991-92, as recorded on the House of Commons Library's POLIS database, were as follows :
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1. The hon. Member for
Newport, West (Mr. Flynn) |441
2. The hon. Member for
Nottingham, North (Mr. Allen) |272
3. The hon. Member for
Cardiff, West (Mr. Morgan) |268
4. The hon. Member for
Stoke-on-Trent, North (Ms. Walley) |241
5. The hon. Member for
Great Grimsby (Mr. Austin Mitchell) |239
6.= The hon. Member for
Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) |233
6.= The hon. Member for
Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher) |233
8. The hon. Member for
South Shields (Dr. D. Clark) |211
9. The hon. Member for
Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley) |194
10. The hon. Member for
Southwark and Bermondsey (Mr. S. Hughes) |192
11. The hon. Member for
Clackmannan (Mr. O'Neill) |190
12. The hon. Member for
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Central (Mr. Cousins) |183
13. The hon. Member for
Leyton (Mr. Cohen) |180
14. The hon. Member for
Leicester, East (Mr. Vaz) |168
15. The hon. Member for
Derbyshire, North-East (Mr. Barnes) |159
16. The hon. Member for
Cardiff, South and Penarth (Mr. Michael) |158
17. The hon. Member for
Dundee, East (Mr. McAllion) |151
18. The hon. Member for
Wakefield (Mr. Hinchliffe) |149
19. The former hon. Member for
Southport (Mr. Fearn) |137
20. The hon. Member for
Caerphilly (Mr. R. Davies) |135
21. The former hon. Member for
Coventry, South-East (Mr. Nellist) |134
22. The hon. Member for
South Down (Mr. McGrady) |130
23. The hon. Member for
Bradford, West (Mr. Madden) |126
24. The hon. Member for
Alyn and Deeside (Mr. B. Jones) |122
25. The hon. Member for
Tooting (Mr. Cox) |120
26.=The hon. Member for
Newham, North-West (Mr. T. Banks) |114
26.=The hon. Member for
Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett) |114
28.=The hon. Member for
Bradford, South (Mr. Cryer) |110
28.=The hon. Member for
Huddersfield (Mr. Sheerman) |110
30. The hon. Member for
Leeds, West (Mr. Battle) |108
The Members receiving the most answers to written questions in Session 1992 -93, up to and including 16 July 1992, as recorded on the House of Commons Library's POLIS database, were as follows :
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1. |The hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent (Mr. L.
Smith) |271
2. |The hon. Member for Newport, West (Mr. Flynn)
3. |The hon. Member for Ceredigion and Pembroke,
North (Mr. Dafis) | 217
4. |The hon. Member for Southwark and
Bermondsey (Mr. S. Hughes) |177
5. |The hon. Member for Wakefield (Mr. Hinchliffe)
6. |The hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mr. B.
Jones) |168
7. |The hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr.
Redmond) |167
8. |The hon. Member for Leyton (Mr. Cohen)
9. |The hon. Member for Paisley, South (Mr.
McMaster) |156
10=. |The hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Mr. B. Field)
10=. |The hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Austin
Mitchell) |149
12=. |The hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras
(Mr. Dobson) |146
12=. |The hon. Member for Cardiff, West (Mr.
Morgan) |146
14. |The hon. Member for Linlithgow (Mr. Dalyell)
15. |The hon. Member for Bridgend (Mr. W. Griffiths)
16. |The hon. Member for Thurrock (Mr. Mackinlay)
17. |The hon. and learned Member for Montgomery
(Mr. Carlile) |122
18. |The hon. Member for South Shields (Dr. D.
Clark) |111
19. |The hon. and learned Member for Leicester,
West (Mr. Janner) |109
20. |The hon. Member for Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Central (Mr. Cousins) |108
21. |The hon. Member for Liverpool, Mossley Hill
(Mr. Alton) |102
22. |The hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr.
T. Banks) |100
23. |The hon. Member for Harwich (Mr. Sproat)
24. |The hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn)
25. |The hon. Member for Cardiff, South and Penarth
(Mr. Michael) |91
26. |The hon. Member for Dover (Mr. D. Shaw)
27. |The hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire
(Mr. Kirkwood) |79
28. |The hon. Member for Wrexham (Dr. Marek)
29=. |The hon. Member for Caerphilly (Mr. R. Davies)
29=. |The hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, North (Ms.
Walley) |75
Statutory Instruments
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Lord President of the Council how many debates took place (a) on the Floor of the House and (b) in a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments in each Session since 1983-84 in pursuance of motions to annul a statutory instrument.
Mr. Newton : The information is as follows :
B Number of
Statutory Instruments
subject to Negative
Resolution debated in
Standing Committee
|Number
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1983-84 |21
1984-85 |29
1985-86 |9
1986-87 |19
1987-88 |27
1988-89 |18
1989-90 |16
1990-91 |18
1991-92 |8
1992-93 |<1>1
<1> To Summer
Adjournment 1992.
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B Number of
Statutory Instruments
subject to Negative
Resolution debated in
Standing Committee
|Number
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1983-84 |21
1984-85 |29
1985-86 |9
1986-87 |19
1987-88 |27
1988-89 |18
1989-90 |16
1990-91 |18
1991-92 |8
1992-93 |<1>1
<1> To Summer
Adjournment 1992.
B Number of
Statutory Instruments
subject to Negative
Resolution debated in
Standing Committee
|Number
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1983-84 |21
1984-85 |29
1985-86 |9
1986-87 |19
1987-88 |27
1988-89 |18
1989-90 |16
1990-91 |18
1991-92 |8
1992-93 |<1>1
<1> To Summer
Adjournment 1992.
B Number of
Statutory Instruments
subject to Negative
Resolution debated in
Standing Committee
|Number
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1983-84 |21
1984-85 |29
1985-86 |9
1986-87 |19
1987-88 |27
1988-89 |18
1989-90 |16
1990-91 |18
1991-92 |8
1992-93 |<1>1
<1> To Summer
Adjournment 1992.
Agencies (Letters to Members)
Mr. Page : To ask the Lord President of the Council how the Government intend to respond to the decision of the Administration Committee that letters sent to hon. Members by agency chief executives in response to parliamentary questions should be printed among the written answers in the daily Official Report.
Mr. Newton : The Government welcome the Administration Committee's decision, which was set out by the Committee's Chairman in a previous written answer, Official Report 16 July 1992, column 941 . The decision meets the Government's aim that replies from agency chief executives should be more readily accessible. while recognising the direct operational responsibilities of chief executives.
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Officials from the Office of Public Service and Science have been discussing the practical implications with the Official Report and with Departments and agencies. Guidance has been issued to allow the new arrangements to come into effect as from the beginning of the new term. The Government will keep the working of the new arrangements under review.Column 288
The arrangements apply to questions tabled on operational matters for which responsibility has been delegated by Ministers to agency chief executives. It remains open to hon. Members to write to chief executives direct on such matters and I would encourage them to do so wherever they judge it appropriate.
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