asked Her Majesty's Government:How many copies of the Report of the Committee on the Preparation of Legislation (Cmnd. 6053) were printed in each of the years from 1975 to 1979 inclusive; and when copies ceased to be available either for sale to the public or for issue within the public service including Members of both Houses of Parliament.

Five thousand copies of the report were printed in 1975. There have been no subsequent reprints. Copies were available to the public or to meet official requirements until stocks became exhausted in February 1980.