British Official Publications

British Official Publications, Second Revised Edition is a 17-chapter book that first describes the British parliamentary government. Subsequent chapters talk about the official publications and parliamentary proceedings. Other chapters present the commons and lords papers; command papers; royal commissions; bills; parliamentary debates; acts and measures; delegated legislation and administrative tribunals; committees and tribunals of inquiry; non-parliamentary publications; reference books; statistics; and national archives. Obtaining H.M.S.O. publications and non-H.M.S.O. official publications are also shown.

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Preface

1. British Parliamentary Government
   The Constitution
   Supremacy of Parliament
   Powers of the Crown
   The House of Lords: Membership, Procedure and Officers, Functions and Reform
   The House of Commons: Membership, Powers, Procedure
   The Prime Minister and the Cabinet.
2. Official Publications: Classification and Indexes
   Parliamentary or Non-Parliamentary? Official Indexes
   Non-Official Indexes
   Guides to Official Publications
3. Parliamentary Proceedings
   Order Paper of the House of Commons
   Votes and Proceedings
   Division Lists
   Bills
   The Blue Paper
   Journals of the House of Commons
   Minutes of Proceedings of the House of Lords
   Journals of the House of Lords
4. Commons and Lords Papers
   House of Commons Papers
   House of Lords Papers
5. Command Papers
   Nature and Scope
   Numbering
   Concordance of Command Papers
   State Papers: Treaty Series, Country Series, Miscellaneous Series
   Royal Commissions and Tribunals of Inquiry
6. Royal Commissions
   Character and Purpose
   Alphabetical List of Royal Commissions, 1900-72
7. Bills
   Introduction
   Drafting
   Stages: First Reading, Second Reading, Committee Stage, Report Stage, Third Reading
   Lords Stage, Consideration of Lords Amendments
   Versions of a Bill
   Citation of Bills
   Records of the Passage of Bills
   Indexes
   Outlawries Bill
8. Parliamentary Debates
   1066-1803
   History of Hansard
   Officiality of Hansard
   Lords Debates
   Form of Citations
   Present-Day Reporting Practice
   Broadcasting of Proceedings in Parliament
   Using Hansard
   The Queen's Speech
   The Budget
   Divisions
   Parliamentary Questions
   Digest of Debates
   Standing Committee Debates
9. Acts and Measures
   Royal Assent
   Types of Acts
   Parts of an Act
   Citation of Acts
   Table of Regnal Years
   Editions of the Acts
   Codification
   Official Indexes
   Nonofficial Indexes
   General Synod Measures
10. Delegated Legislation and Administrative Tribunals
    Delegated Legislation: Purpose and Nature, Numbering and Classification, Annual Volumes, Revised Editions, Official Indexes, Halsbury's Statutory Instruments
    Administrative Tribunals
11. Committees and Tribunals of Inquiry
    Departmental Committees
    Working Parties
    Tribunals of Inquiry
    Select Alphabetical List of Departmental Committees, Working Parties, Tribunals of Inquiry, etc., 1900-72
12. Non-Parliamentary Publications
    Introduction
    Abstract from 1967 Official Catalog
    Green Papers
13. Reference Books
    (Arranged by Titles)
14. Statistics
    (Arranged by Subjects)
15. National Archives
    The Public Record Office
    Lists and Indexes
    Records not in the P.R.O.
    Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
    Records of Parliament
16. Obtaining H.M.S.O. Publications
    Her Majesty's Stationery Office
    Government Bookshops: Official Agents in the United Kingdom, Official Agents Outside the United Kingdom
    Standing Orders
    Selected Subscription Service
    Library Discounts
    Out-of-Print Publications
    Periodicals
    Reprints and Microtexts
    Crown Copyright
    H.M.S.O. as Sales Agent
    H.M.S.O. Services Working Party
17. Non-H.M.S.O. Official Publications
    (Arranged by Departments).
    Index