House of Commons - Modernisation of the House of Commons

Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons Minutes of Evidence

APPENDIX 2

NUMBER OF DRAFT BILLS SCRUTINIZED BY SESSION

DRAFT AND GOVERNMENT BILLS PRESENTED : 1997-98—2004-05

	Number of draft bills published	Number of government bills published
1997-98	3	53
1998-99	6	31
1999-2000	6	40
2000-01	2	26
2001-02	7	39
2002-03	10¹	36
2003-04	12	36
2004-05	5²	32
NOTES:
1 Includes draft clauses of the Police (Northern Ireland) Bill and the Gambling Bill
2 Includes draft clauses of the Company Law Reform Bill
SOURCE:
House of Commons Library