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.

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White Papers

18.2 This common inheritance: UK annual report 1997. Cm 3556, The Stationery Office (ISBN 0101355629) £19.50

Green Papers

20.2 COMPANY LAW - Disclosure of Directors and Company Secretaries' particulars. Copies from Department of Trade and Industry, Company Law Directorate, Room 5.N.16, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET, tel 0171-215 0409. (Comments by 16 May 1997)

18.2 FIREARMS - Proposals to compensate handgun owners and dealers. Copies from Home Office OPPU, Room 519, 50 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AT. (Comments by 4 March 1997)

17.2 PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS - Draft plant varieties bill. Copies from Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division, White House Lane, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0LF. (Comments by 18 April 1997)

17.2 TELECOMMUNICATIONS - Developing third generation mobile and personal communications into the 21st century. Copies from Communications and Information Industries Division, Department of Trade & Industry, 2.56 Grey, 151 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SS, tel 0171-215 1785. (Comments by 31 May 1997)

18.2 TRANSPORT - A new approach to trunk road planning; draft planning policy guidance 13 supplement: regional planning guidance and transport. Copies from Department of Transport, Highways Policy and Programmes Division, Zone 3/01, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR, tel: 0171-271 4977. (Comments by 30 May 1997)

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