Sessional Information Digest: 2002 - 03
Section D1
Subject Index to White Papers
ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR - Respect and responsibility: taking a stand against anti-social behaviour - Cm 5778 [12.3.03]
CHILDREN
Keeping children safe: the governments' response to the Victoria Climbie inquiry report - Cm 5861 [8.9.03]
Every child matters - Cm 5860 [8.9.03]
DEBT ENFORCEMENT - Effective enforcement: improved methods of recovery for civil court debt - Cm 5744 [26.3.03]
ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION - UK membership of the single currency: an assessment of the five economic tests - Cm 5776 [ 9.6.03]
EMPLOYMENT - Pathways to work: helping people into employment: Government response to the consultation paper (Cm 5690) - Cm 5830 [10.6.03]
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION - Our energy future - creating a low carbon economy - Cm 5761 [24.2.03]
EXPENDITURE PLANS 2003/04 to 2005/06
British Trade International - Cm 5915 [16.5.03]
Cabinet Office - Cm 5926 [16.5.03]
Customs and Excise - Cm 5924 [15.5.03]
Department for Culture Media and Sport - Cm 5920 [15.5.03]
Department for Education and Skills - Cm 5902 [14.5.03]
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs - Cm 5919 [14.5.03]
Department for International Development - Cm 5914 [13.5.03]
Department for Transport - Cm 5907 [15.5.03]
Department for Work and Pensions - Cm 5921 [15.5.03]
Department of Health - Cm 5904 [11.7.03]
Department of Trade and Industry - Cm 5916 [15.5.03]
Export Credits Guarantee Department - Cm 5917 [15.5.03]
Food Standards Agency - Cm 5905 [16.5.03]
Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Cm 5913 [12.5.03]
Government Actuary - Cm 5923 [16.5.03]
Home Office - Cm 5908 [16.5.03]
Inland Revenue - Cm 5925 [16.5.03]
Lord Chancellors Department - Cm 5910 [16.5.03]
Ministry of Defence - Cm 5912 [16.5.03]
National Savings and Investments - Cm 5930 [13.5.03]
Northern Ireland Office - Cm 5929 [15.5.03]
Office for National Statistic - Cm 5931 [16.5.03]
Office for Standards in Education - Cm 5903 [14.5.03]
Office of Fair Trading - Cm 5918 [20.5.03]
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - Cm 5906 [16.5.03]
Office of the Secretary of State for Wales - Cm 5928 [16.5.03]
Scotland Office - Cm 5927 [16.5.03]
Treasury - Cm 5922 [16.5.03]
FIRE SERVICES - Our fire and rescue service - Cm 5808 [30.6.03]
GAMBLING - Modernising Britain's gambling laws: Draft Gambling Bill - Cm 5878 [15.7.03]
GENETICS - Our inheritance, our future: realising the potential of genetics in the NHS - Cm 5791 [24.6.03]
HIGHER EDUCATION - The future of higher education - Cm 5735 [22.1.03]
IDENTITY CARDS: the next steps - Cm 6020 [11.11.03]
PENSIONS - Simplicity, security and choice: working and saving for retirement - Cm 5835 [11.6.03]
REGULATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
July to December 2002 - Cm 5813 [20.5.03]
January to June 2003 - Cm 5981 [17.11.03]
SEXUAL OFFENCES - Protecting the public - strengthening protection against sex offenders - Cm 5668 [19.11.02]
SKILLED WORKERS - 21st Century Skills: realising our potential - Cm 5810 [9.7.03]
Section D2
Subject Index to Green Papers and Consultation Documents
The following is a list of Green Papers (a term used to cover all consultation documents, discussion papers, and other items which set out proposals which are at a formative or uncomplicated stage and are issued to solicit comment) received by the House of Commons Information Office in the 2002-03 Session. The non-appearance of an item in this list cannot be taken as evidence that such a title does not exist. Most items are published or 'made available' by individual Government departments or agencies, from whom copies should be sought. (Some also appear in the Chadwyck Healey Catalogue of British Official Publications not published by TSO). The few that are TSO published items have a Command Paper number or other reference attached. Details of the consultation period and issuing office address may be found in the edition of the Weekly Information Bulletin next following the date of receipt.
Abbreviations
| AC | Audit Commission | HMT | Her Majesty's Treasury |
| CA | Department for Constitutional Affairs | HO | Home Office |
| CC | Charity Commission | IR | Inland Revenue |
| CO | Cabinet Office | ITC | Independent Television Commission |
| Cm | Command Paper | LCD | Lord Chancellor's Department |
| DCMS | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | MOD | Ministry of Defence |
| DfT | Department for Transport | NIO | Northern Ireland Office |
| DEFRA | Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | ODPM | Office of the Deputy Prime Minister |
| DfES | Department for Education and Skills | OFGEM | Office of Gas and Electricity Markets |
| DH | Department of Health | OFSTED | Office for Standards in Education |
| DTI | Department of Trade & Industry | OFT | Office of Fair Trading |
| DoT | Department of Transport | PO | Patent Office |
| DWP | Department for Work and Pensions | POST | Postal Services Commission |
| FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office | PW | Post Watch |
| FSA | Financial Services Authority | RA | Radio Authority |
| GOL | Government Office for London | SO | Scotland Office |
| HMCE | Her Majesty's Customs & Excise | TSO | The Stationery Office |
| | WO | Wales Office |
ACCOUNTANCY - Review of the Regulatory Regime of the Accountancy Profession: Legislative proposals. DTI [18.3.2003]
AGE - Equality and Diversity: Age Matters. DTI [2.7.2003]
AGRI-ENVIRONMENT - Review of Agri-Environment Schemes. DEFRA [10.11.2003]
AIR QUALITY - Air Quality Expert Group: Report on Nitrogen Dioxide in the UK. DEFRA [22.5.2003]
ANIMAL FEED - A review of the overgrazing and unsuitable feeding cross-compliance controls in England. DEFRA [17.2.2003]
ANIMAL HEALTH - Preparing an Animal Health and Welfare Strategy for Great Britain. DEFRA [13.1.2003]
ANIMAL HEALTH - Positive Animal Health: A draft action plan for a partnership approach in England and Wales. DEFRA [6.8.2003]
ANIMAL MOVEMENTS - Consultation on Partial regulatory Impact Assessment. DEFRA [12.3.2003]
ASYLUM - New Legislative Proposals on Asylum Reform. HO [29.10.2003]
AUDIT - Draft Public Audit (Wales) Bill. Explanatory note and Regulatory Impact Assessment. WO [3.4.2003]
AVIATION - The Future of Air Transport in the UK. DfT [18.3.2003]
BIND OVERS - Bind Overs: A Power for the 21st Century. HO [14.3.2003]
BUSINESS - Local Authority Business Growth Incentives. HMT/ODPM [10.7.2003]
CAP - Options for the Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. DEFRA [31.7.2003]
CAP - Implementation of the dairy elements of the CAP reform package. DEFRA [14.11.2003]
CAPITAL - A study into the costs of capital. OFT [25.2.2003]
CARRIERS - Carriers' liability, charging procedures: A Guide for Carriers HO [8.10.2003]
CETACEANS - UK small cetacean bycatch response strategy. DEFRA [18.3.2003]
CHEMICALS - Action to control the risks from nonylphenols, octylphenols and their ethoxylates. DEFRA [21.10.2003]
CHILD CARE - Every Child Matters. DfES [9.9.2003]
CITIZENSHIP - Citizenship Ceremonies. HO [28.7.2003]
CIVIL CONTINGENCIES - The Draft Civil Contingencies Bill, Explanatory Notes, Regulatory Impact Assessment (Local responders) and Regulatory Impact Assessment (Emergency Powers). CO [17.6.2003]
CIVIL PARTNERSHIP - Civil Partnership: A framework for the legal recognition of same-sex couples. DTI [30.6.2003]
COMMUNICATIONS - Draft Instruments - part 2, chapter 1 (Electronic Communications Networks and Services). DTI [19.12.2002]
COMMUNICATIONS - Draft Numbering Exclusion Order; Draft Rules for calculation of turnover Order; Draft Universal Service Order. DTI [5.3.2003]
COMMUNICATIONS - A code of practice for voluntary retention of communications data; access to communications data; respecting privacy and protecting the public from crime. HO [13.3.2003]
COMMUNICATIONS - the Draft Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations. DTI [6.5.2003]
COMMUNICATIONS - The implementation of EC Directives on electronic communications on network services and the general conditions to be made once the Communications Bill is passed. DTI [25.3.2003]
COMMUNICATIONS - Further documents for the consultation on the implementation of EC Directives on electronic communications networks and services and the general conditions to be made once the Communications Bill is passed. DTI/OFTEL [6.5.2003]
COMMUNITY - Voluntary and Community Sector Infrastructure. HO [22.9.2003]
COMPANIES - The use of fair value and accounting for certain financial instruments and disclosure of dividends by companies and undertakings. DTI [16.7.2003]
COMPANIES - Proposals to increase the audit exemption threshold and the threshold defining medium-sized companies. DTI [16.7.2003]
COMPANY LAW - The Operating and Financial Review Working Group on Materiality. DTI [1.7.2003]
COMPANY LAW - Rewards for Failure. Directors' Remuneration - contracts, performance and severance. DTI [4.6.2003]
COMPETITION - Modernisation - a consultation on the government's proposals for giving effect to Regulation 1/2003 EC and for the re-alignment. DTI [3.4.2003]
COMPETITION - UK competition law: Modernisation - a consultation on the Government's proposals for exclusions and exemptions from the Competition Act 1998 in light of regulation 1/2003 EC. DTI [23.6.2003]
CONSERVATION - Chilterns AONB Conservation Board Consultation on Establishment Order. DEFRA [18.3.2003]
CONSUMER CONTRACTS - IT consumer contracts made at a distance. OFT [3.11.2003]
CONSUMER CREDIT - Making the extortionate credit provisions within the Consumer Credit Act 1974 more effective. DTI/HMT/ODPM [13.3.2003]
CONSUMER CREDIT - Review of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 Consumer Credit Licensing. DTI [13.2.2003]
CONSUMER LAW - UK Consumer Law: Public consultation on a proposal to repeal the Trading Stamps Act 1964. DTI [28.5.2003]
CORRUPTION - Corruption - draft legislation. HO [24.3.2003]
COUNTRYSIDE - Protection of the Countryside Boundary Features and Amendment of the Hedgerows Regulations 1997. DEFRA [20.1.2003]
CRIMINAL CARTELS - Guidance on powers for investigating criminal cartels. OFT [15.4.2003]
CRIMINAL DEFENCE - Proposed changes to the Criminal Defence Service. LCD [5.6.2003]
DEBT - Debt collection guidance for consumer credit licence holders and applicants. OFT [6.12.2002]
DISPUTE RESOLUTION - Consultation on Draft Regulations. DTI [10.7.2003]
ELECTRICITY - Balancing and Settlement Code under BETTA, Volumes I & II. OFGEM [18.6.2003]
ELECTRICITY - Consultation on the legal text of a GB CUSC. DTI [16.7.2003]
ELECTRICITY - Development of a grid code to apply under British Electricity Trading and transmission Arrangements (BETTA). DTI/OFGEM [17.12.2002]
ELECTRICITY - the balancing and settlement of code under BETTA and the impact of BETTA under upon the settlement agreement for Scotland (SAS). DTI [8.1.2003]
ELECTRICITY - Changes to electricity generation, distribution and supply licences under BETTA. DTI/OFGEM [5.2.2003]
ELECTRICITY - Transmission charging and the GB wholesale electricity market. DTI [19.8.2003]
ELECTRICITY - Transmission losses in a GB electricity market. DTI [5.2.2003]
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - Implementation of the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications. DTI [28.3.2003]
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive; Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (ROHS) Directive. DTI [1.4.2003]
EMPLOYMENT - Pathways to Work: Helping people into Employment. DWP [19.11.02]
EMPLOYMENT - Review of the Employment Relations Act 1999. DTI [4.3.2003]
EMPLOYMENT - Implementation of the European Company Statute: The European Public Limited Liability Company Regulations 2004. DTI [6.10.2003]
END OF LIFE VEHICLES - End-of-life vehicles Regulations 2003 ;End-of-life Vehicles (Storage and Treatment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003. DEFRA [18.3.2003]
ENDANGERED SPECIES - review of Statutory Instrument 1997/1372 The Control in Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 (Cotes). DEFRA [20.1.2003]
ENERGY - New and renewable energy prospects for the 21st Century: the Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2003. DTI [3.8.2003]
ENERGY MARKETS - Proposals for a special administrator regime for energy network companies. DTI [30.4.2003]
ENTERPRISE - Enterprise for Communities: Proposals for a Community Interest Company. DTI [28.3.2003]
ENTERPRISE ACT - Enterprise Act: guidance on overseas disclosure of information. OFT [15.4.2003]
ENVIRONMENT - Review of Agri-Environment Schemes. DEFRA [18.12.2002]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (Part II): Charges for Licences to deposit materials at sea and approval of oil spill treatment products. DEFRA [30.4.2003]
EXPORT CONTROL - Export Control Act 2002. DTI [3.2.2003]
EXTRADITION - Extradition Bill 2003 Code of Practice. HO [11.6.2003]
FARMING - Sustainable Farming and Food: Meeting the New Data Needs. DEFRA [6.5.2003]
FEEDINGSTUFFS - The Feedingstuffs (Zotechnical Products) Regulations 1999; the Medicated Feedingstuffs Regulations 1998. DEFRA [13.2.2003]
FINANCIAL SYSTEM - The financial system and major operational disruption. HMT [25.2.2003]
FIREWORKS - Proposals to create a number of prohibitions on the possession of fireworks. DTI [11.11.2003]
FISHERIES - Regional Advisory Councils under the Common Fisheries Policy consultation. DEFRA [20.11.2003]
FISHING - Proposed new designations under the Freshwater Fish Directive (78/695/EEC). DEFRA [11.6.2003]
FOOT AND MOUTH - Defra's Foot and Mouth Contingency Plan. DEFRA [13.1.2003]
FOOT AND MOUTH - Proposed EU Directive on Community Measures for the control of Foot and Mouth disease. DEFRA [11.2.2003]
GAS AND ELECTRICITY - Strengthening the transparency and accountability of the gas and electricity industry code modification process. DTI [6.5.2003]
HABITATS- European Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC: Darwin Mounds Candidate Special Area of Conservation. DEFRA [11.9.2003]
HIGH COURT - The Enforcement Review: Writs of Fieri Facias and possession. CA [16.7.2003]
HOUSING BILL - Housing Bill - Consultation on draft legislation. ODPM [31.3.2003]
ILLEGAL WORKING - Prevention of Illegal Working. Proposed changes to documentation listed under Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. HO [21.7.2003]
IMMIGRATION - Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. Sections 134-139: Implementation of new information powers. HO [14.3.2003]
IMMIGRATION - Juxtaposed Controls Implementation, Dover - Calais. HO [31.3.2003]
IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM - Proposed changes to publicly funded immigration and asylum work. LCD [5.6.2003]
IMPORTS - Proposals to implement charges for organic import applications. DEFRA [16.7.2003]
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS - Local Authority Environmental Regulation of Industrial Plant: 2004/2005 Fees and Charges. DEFRA [22.10.2003]
INLAND WATERWAYS - Policy Review of Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council. DEFRA [8.7.2003]
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures and procedures to ensure the enforcement of intellectual property rights. PO [21.10.2003]
JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS - Constitutional reform: a new way of appointing judges. CA [14.7.2003]
JUSTICE - Safety and Justice: The Government's proposals on domestic violence. HO [17.6.2003]
LANDFILL - Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme. DEFRA [4.8.2003]
LICENSING - Public collections for charitable, philanthropic and benevolent purposes proposals for a new local authority licensing scheme. HO [11.9.2003]
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT - Creating local development frameworks. ODPM [14.11.2003]
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT - Draft Local development Frameworks: Guide to procedures and code of practice. ODPM [14.11.2003]
LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Requirements of the Local Government Finance Act 1988. ODPM [6.12.2002]
MARINE CONSERVATION - The Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) Regulations 2003. DEFRA [8.8.2003]
MARINE ENVIRONMENT - The Government's consultation paper to help deliver our vision for the marine environment. DEFRA [19.11.02]
MARKETS - Review of London Wholesale Markets. DEFRA [28.11.2002]
MILK QUOTAS - Milk Quotas: Consultation on amendments to the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 2002. DEFRA [1.4.2003]
MINIMUM WAGE - Minimum Wage Regulations - Proposal to introduce fair piece rates. DTI [5.11.2003]
MINIMUM WAGE - Proposals to replace fair estimate agreements. DTI [21.2.2003]
MINIMUM WAGE - Proposals to amend the National Minimum Wage Act 1998. DTI [3.8.2003]
MINK - Renewal of the Mink Keeping (England) Order. DEFRA [22.8.2003]
NATIONAL PRESS - Review of undertakings given by newspaper wholesalers. OFT [27.12.2002]
NATURAL HABITATS -The conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003. DEFRA [11.8.2003]
NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING AUTHORITY - Management Statement on the draft Bill that sets out provisions to establish the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). DTI [24.6.2003]
PATENTS - Deregulation of patents legislation towards the simplification and rationalisation of patents formalities. DTI [27.2.2003]
PATENTS - Liberalisation of address for service requirements for patents, trade marks, and registered designs, and consequential changes to postal service regulations. PO [13.10.2003]
PATENTS - Proposed Patents Act (Amendment) Bill. PO [4.12.2002]
PENSIONS - Simplicity, Security and Choice: Working and Saving for Retirement. DWP [17.12.2002]
PLANNING - New Planning Policy Statement 11 (PPS 11) - Regional Planning. ODPM [27.10.2003]
PLANNING - Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Development Frameworks. ODPM [27.10.2003]
PLANNING - Proposed changes to Planning Policy Guidance Note 3 Housing: Influencing the size, type and affordability of housing. ODPM [11.8.2003]
PLANNING - Proposed changes to Planning Policy Guidance Note 3 Housing: Supporting the delivery of new housing. ODPM [11.8.2003]
PLANNING - Review of Planning Policy Guidance Note 21 (PPG21) on Tourism. ODPM [27.2.2003]
PLANNING - The Town and Country Planning (Regional Planning) (England) Regulations 2004. ODPM [27.10.2003]
PLANNING -The Town and Country Planning (Transitional Arrangements) (England) (Regulations) 2004. ODPM [27.10.2003]
PLANNING - The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004. ODPM [17.10.2003]
PLANNING - The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Amendment) (England) Order 2004 and the Town and Country Planning (Major Infrastructure Project Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2004. ODPM [23.10.2003]
PLANT BREEDERS - Review of UK National List (NL) and Plant Breeders Rights (PBR) testing services and fees structure. DEFRA [10.2.2003]
POLICING - Policing - Building safer communities together. HO [6.11.2003]
POLLUTION - Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999. Final consultation on statutory guidance notes: glass, ferrous foundry and particleboard sectors. DEFRA [21.2.2003]
POSTAL SERVICES - Postcomm's approach to exemptions from the need for a licence under the Postal Services Act 2000. POSTCOMM [9.7.2003]
PRICE MARKING - Proposed changes to the Code of Practice for traders and on price indicators. DTI [3.4.2003]
PUBLIC PATHS - Proposed amendments to legislation when 'Roads used as Public Paths' are reclassified as restricted byways. DEFRA [29.9.2003]
QUEEN'S COUNSEL - Constitutional reform: the future of Queen's Counsel. CA [15.7.2003]
RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES - Draft Nuclear Sites and Radioactive Substances Bill. DTI [24.6.2003]
REGENERATION (NI) - Draft Strategic Investment and Regeneration of Sites (Northern Ireland) Order 2002. ODPM [6.12.2002]
REGIONAL POLICY - A modern regional policy for the United Kingdom. DTI/HMT/ODPM [11.3.2003]
RIGHTS OF WAY - Protocol for restriction on public rights of way and access to open country, in the event of an outbreak of Foot and Mouth or similar animal diseases. DEFRA [24.3.2003]
RIOT ACT - Riot (Damages) Act 1886. HO [16.7.2003]
SCRAPIE - Implementation of new EU-wide controls on scrapie affected farms. DEFRA [14.11.2003]
SCRAPIE - National Scrapie Plan - Scrapie Flocks Scheme. DEFRA [12.12.2002]
SEEDS - Proposed changes to the Seeds (National list of Varieties) Regulations 2001. DEFRA [22.8.2003]
SENTENCING - Sentencing of Robbery. SAP [15.4.2003]
SEWAGE - Proposals for the statutory control of odour and other nuisance from sewage treatment works. DEFRA [6.1.2003]
SEWAGE - Review of existing sewers and drains in England and Wales. DEFRA [1.7.2003]
SHEEP - The use of Sheep National Envelope in 2003. DEFRA [10.3.2003]
SOCIAL SERVICES - Proposal for an Order in Council. The Health and Social Services (Quality Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003. NIO [2.12.2002]
SUGAR - CAP Reform - Sugar. DEFRA [24.10.2003]
SUNDAY TRADING - Sunday Trading Act 1994 Notification Procedures. DTI [24.3.2003]
SUNDAY TRADING - Sunday Trading Act 1994: Christmas day trading - a consultation on a proposal to regulate the opening of large shops on Christmas day. DTI [30.4.2003]
SUPREME COURT - Constitutional Reform: A supreme court for the United Kingdom. CA [14.7.2003]
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Sustainable consumption and production indicators. DEFRA [6.10.2003]
TAX LAW - Draft Income Tax (Pay as you earn) Regulations. IR [23.4.2003]
TELEVISION - the advanced television Services regulations 2003. DTI [11.2.2003]
THAMES GATEWAY BRIDGE - Consultation on the Thames Gateway Bridge. TfL [23.5.2003]
TRADE MARKS - the European Commission's Regulation Amending Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on The Community Trade Mark. DTI/PO [24.4.2003]
TRADE MARKS - New trade marks rules. PO [6.10.2003]
TRADE UNIONS - Draft regulations to prohibit the blacklisting of trade unionists. DTI [4.3.2003]
TRANSMISSION LICENSEES - Regulatory framework for transmission licensees under BETTA. DTI/OFGEM [8.7.2003]
UNIVERSITIES - The sustainability of University research. A consultation reforming parts of the Dual Support System. DTI [4.6.2003]
UNSOLCITED GOODS AND SERVICES ACT - Proposed changes to the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 by means of Regulatory Reform Order. DTI [31.3.2003]
USED TYRES - Follow-up consultation on used tyre recovery issues further to 2002 discussion paper on possible statutory producer responsibility measures for tyres. DTI/HMT/ODPM [13.3.2003]
VETERINARY SURGEONS - Modernisation of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966. DEFRA [25.9.2003]
WASTE - Proposals for amendments to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 (as amended) DEFRA [30.6.2003]
WASTE - The role of Anaerobic Digestion of Municipal Waste within the Best Value Performance Standards. DEFRA [27.10.2003]
WATER - Third consultation paper on the implementation of the EC Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC). DEFRA [12.8.2003]
WATER INDUSTRY - Water Industry (Charges) (Vulnerable Groups) Regulations 1999 SI 1999/3441. DEFRA [27.2.2003]
WORKPLACES - High Performance Workplaces - Informing and Consulting Employees. DTI [9.7.2003]
Section D3
Miscellaneous Papers
The following is a collection of miscellaneous papers that were laid before the House in the 2002-03 Session.
The House of Commons Commission, 25th Annual report. HC 806 TSO
Standards of Conduct in the House of Commons. Committee on Standards in Public Life. 8th Report. Cm 5663 TSO
The House of Commons Commission. Response to the 8th report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life.
HC 422 TSO
Defining the Boundaries within the Executive: Ministers, Special Advisors and the permanent Civil Service. Committee on Standards in Public Life 9th report. Cm 5775.
Register of Members' Interests - November 2002. HC 131 TSO
House of Lords: Register of Lords' Interests. HL Paper 159 TSO
Pay for Select Committee Chairmen in the House of Commons. Review Body on Senior Salaries. Cm 5673 TSO
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Annual Report 2002 - 03. HC 905 TSO
Pre-Budget Report. Cm 5664 TSO
2002 Spending Review. Departmental Strategies: A Summary. Cm 5674 TSO
The Victoria Climbie Inquiry Report. Cm 5730 TSO
Iraq. Cm 5769 TSO
Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report 2002-2003. Cm 5837 TSO
Intelligence and Security Committee. Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction - Intelligence and Assessments. CM 5972 TSO
A Draft Consultation for the European Union. Cm 5872 TSO
The Shipman Inquiry 2nd Report: The Police Investigation of March 1998. Cm 5853 TSO
The Shipman Inquiry 3rd Report: Death Certificates and the Investigation of deaths by Coroners. Cm 5854 TSO
Regulatory Impact Assessments
Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIAs) 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 RIA forms part of the Explanatory Memoranda to the Bill: in other cases, a separate document is issued. RIAs are an assessment for the business sector of the costs involved in complying with the legislation. The Department of Trade and Industry issues a six monthly list of RIAs as a Command Paper. The publication of this paper is noted in the White Papers section of the Digest.
Section D4
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