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 the Stationery Office. For others, application should be made to the department concerned.

White Papers

9.12	Learning to Compete: Education and Training for 14 - 19 Year Olds, Cm 3486, The Stationery Office (ISBN 0101348622)

Green Papers

11.12	COASTAL MANAGEMENT - Byelaw Powers for the Coast. Copies from Department of the Environment, Coastal Policy Branch, Room 915, Tollgate House, Houlton Street, Bristol BS2 9DJ. (Comments by 28 February 1997)
9.12	PLANNING - Proposal that British Waterways become a Statutory Consultee for Development Proposals Affecting Waterways. Copies from Department of Environment Dispatch Centre, Blackhorse Road, London SE99 6TT. (Comments by 17 January 1997)
6.12	SOCIAL SECURITY - Draft Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendments) and (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1997; Draft Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1997. (Comments to Social Security Advisory Committee, Room 344, New Court, 48 Carey Street, London WC2A 2LS by 17 January 1997)
5.12	TAXATION - Tax Saving Measures in Respect of Companies Buying their Own Shares or Paying Special Dividends, Draft Clauses. Copies from Inland Revenue Press Office, North West Wing, Bush House, Aldwych, London WC2B 4PP.

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.

30.11	Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 1996. Copies from Food Containments Division, Room 211, Ergon House, c/o Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London W1P 3JR
2.12	Friendly Societies (Activities of a Subsidiary) Order 1996. Copies from Friendly Societies Commission, 15 Great Marlborough Street, London W1V 2LL
2.12	Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Pharmacy and Merchants' List) Order 1992. Copies from Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB
2.12	Amendments to the Specified Bovine Material (No 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996; Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996; Fertilisers (Mammalian Meat and Bone Meal) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996. Copies from Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Animal Health and Welfare Division, Room 714A, Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3SB