WHITE PAPERS AND GREEN PAPERS

RECEIVED SINCE LAST BULLETIN

White Papers are issued by the Government as statements of policy, and often set out proposals for legislative changes, which may be debated before a Bill is introduced. Government responses to Select Committee reports, which are occasionally regarded as White Papers, are often omitted from this section but may be found within the Select Committee Publications section. Some White Papers may invite comments. Green Papers set out for discussion, proposals which are still at a formative stage. All CONSULTATIVE and DISCUSSION documents which reach the Public Information Office are included in this section. Inclusion in the Bulletin is for record purposes.

Not all discussion papers are published and put on general release: some are sent only to a predetermined list of consultees. This is a matter solely for the Department concerned.

Papers to which an ISBN and price are appended are normally available through HMSO. For others, application should be made to the department concerned.

White Papers

30.10 Compliance Cost Assessments: 1 January 1996 to 30 June 1996, Cm 3439, The Stationery Office (ISBN 010134392) £2.50

Green Papers

31.10 LAW REFORM - Payments to Witnesses. Copies from Law Reform Division, Lord Chancellor's Department, Selborne House, 54-60 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QW. (Comments by 31 December 1996)

29.10 PUBLIC SERVICE PENSIONS - Draft Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997. Copies from Room C17/09, Department of the Environment, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB. (Comments by 10 January 1997)

28.10 WASTE MANAGEMENT - Proposed Amendments to UK Management Plan for Exports and Imports of Waste. Copies from Waste Policy Division 3, Department of the Environment, Room A231, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY. (Comments by 27 November)

COMPLIANCE COST ASSESSMENTS

Compliance Cost Assessments (CCAs) are prepared and published by the Government for all primary legislation introduced into and secondary legislation laid before Parliament. In the case of most Government Bills, a CCA forms part of the Explanatory Memoranda to the Bill: in other cases, a separate document is issued. CCAs are an assessment for the business sector of the costs involved in complying with the legislation. All CCAs received in the Library of the House of Commons are noted, along with an address where copies may be obtained. The Department of Trade and Industry issues a six monthly list of CCAs as a Command Paper. The publication of this paper will be noted in the White Papers section of the Bulletin.

28.10 Merchant Shipping and Martime Security Bill (final version). Copies from Shipping Policy Division 3, Department of Transport, 76 Marsham Street, SW1P 4DR