Pemberton / Chandler British Official Publications

Library and Technical Information
2. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4831-4574-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Web PDF

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pemberton, John E.

Chandler, G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;British Official Publications;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Dedication;6
5;Table of Contents;8
6;List of Illustrations;12
7;Preface to the Second Edition;14
8;CHAPTER 1. BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT;16
8.1;The Constitution;16
8.2;Supremacy of Parliament;17
8.3;Powers of the Crown;18
8.4;The House of Lords: membership, procedure and officers, functions and reform;19
8.5;The House of Commons: membership, powers, procedure;24
8.6;The Prime Minister and the Cabinet;30
9;CHAPTER 2. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS: CLASSIFICATION AND INDEXES;32
9.1;Parliamentary or Non-Parliamentary?;32
9.2;Official indexes;34
9.3;Non-official indexes;49
9.4;Guides to Official Publications;55
10;CHAPTER 3. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS;57
10.1;Order paper of the House of Commons;57
10.2;Votes and Proceedings;58
10.3;Division Lists;59
10.4;Bills;59
10.5;The Blue Paper;59
10.6;Journals of the House of Commons;59
10.7;Minutes of Proceedings of the House of Lords;61
10.8;Journals of the House of Lords;63
11;CHAPTER 4. COMMONS AND LORDS PAPERS;64
11.1;House of Commons Papers;64
11.2;House of Lords Papers;69
12;CHAPTER 5. COMMAND PAPERS;72
12.1;Nature and scope;72
12.2;Numbering ;78
12.3;Concordance of Command Papers;80
12.4;State Papers: Treaty Series, Country Series, Miscellaneous Series;82
12.5;Royal Commissions and Tribunals of Inquiry;88
13;CHAPTER 6. ROYAL COMMISSIONS;89
13.1;Character and purpose;89
13.2;Alphabetical list of Royal Commissions, 1900–72;91
14;CHAPTER 7. BILLS;103
14.1;Introduction;103
14.2;Drafting;103
14.3;Stages: first reading, second reading, committee stage, report stage, third reading, Lords stage, consideration of Lords amendments;104
14.4;Versions of a Bill;107
14.5;Citation of Bills;107
14.6;Records of the passage of Bills;107
14.7;Indexes;113
14.8;Outlawries Bill;113
15;CHAPTER 8. PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES;114
15.1;1066–1803;114
15.2;History of Hansard;114
15.3;Officiality of Hansard;115
15.4;Lords debates;116
15.5;Form of citations;116
15.6;Present-day reporting practice;117
15.7;Broadcasting of proceedings in Parliament;118
15.8;Using Hansard;120
15.9;The Queen's Speech;121
15.10;The Budget;121
15.11;Divisions;122
15.12;Parliamentary questions;122
15.13;Digest of debates;123
15.14;Standing committee debates;123
16;CHAPTER 9. ACTS AND MEASURES;124
16.1;Royal Assent;124
16.2;Types of Acts;126
16.3;Parts of an Act;132
16.4;Citation of Acts;133
16.5;Table of regnal years;135
16.6;Editions of the Acts;140
16.7;Codification;147
16.8;Official indexes;148
16.9;Non-official indexes;158
16.10;General Synod Measures;160
17;CHAPTER 10. DELEGATED LEGISLATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS;161
17.1;Delegated legislation: purpose and nature, numbering and classification, annual volumes, revised editions, official indexes, Halsbury's Statutory Instruments;161
17.2;Administrative tribunals;171
18;CHAPTER 11. COMMITTEES AND TRIBUNALS OF INQUIRY;175
18.1;Departmental committees;175
18.2;Working parties;176
18.3;Tribunals of inquiry;176
18.4;Select alphabetical list of departmental committees, working parties, tribunals of inquiry, etc., 1900–72;177
19;CHAPTER 12. NON-PARLIAMENTARY PUBLICATIONS;210
19.1;Introduction;210
19.2;Abstract from 1967 official catalogue;212
19.3;Green papers;243
20;CHAPTER 13. REFERENCE BOOKS;245
20.1;Air Almanac;245
20.2;Air Force List;245
20.3;Ancient Monuments in England and Wales;246
20.4;Ancient Monuments in Scotland;246
20.5;Army List;246
20.6;Astronomical Ephemeris;246
20.7;Britain: an official handbook;247
20.8;British and Foreign State Papers;247
20.9;British Documents on the Origins of the War;248
20.10;British Imperial Calendar and Civil Service List;248
20.11;Careers Guide: opportunities in the professions, industry and commerce;250
20.12;Colonial Office List;250
20.13;Colonial Reports;250
20.14;Commonwealth Office Year Book;250
20.15;Complete Plain Words;251
20.16;Corona Library;251
20.17;Diplomatic Service List;251
20.18;Documents on British Foreign Policy 1919–1939;252
20.19;Documents on German Foreign Policy 1918–1945;252
20.20;Flags of All Nations;254
20.21;Foreign Office List;254
20.22;Handbook for Industrial Injuries Medical Boards;254
20.23;Hints to Business Men;254
20.24;Histories of the First and Second World Wars;254
20.25;India: Transfer of Power 1942–7;255
20.26;India Office Library, Guide;255
20.27;Industrial Relations Handbook;255
20.28;International Code of Signals;256
20.29;List of Independent Schools in England and Wales Recognized as Efficient under Rules 16 (List 70);256
20.30;London Post Offices and Streets;256
20.31;Mercantile Navy List;256
20.32;Meteorological Office Publications;257
20.33;Nautical Almanac;257
20.34;Navy List;258
20.35;Official List;258
20.36;Particulars of Dealers in Securities and of Unit Trusts;259
20.37;Post Office Guide;259
20.38;Post Offices in the United Kingdom (excluding the London Postal Area) and the Irish Republic;260
20.39;Postal Addresses;260
20.40;Signal Letters of United Kingdom and Commonwealth Ships: for the use of ships at sea and signal stations;261
20.41;Star Almanac for Land Surveyors;261
20.42;Surface Water Year Book of Great Britain: hydrometric statistics for British rivers, together with related rainfalls and river water temperature;261
20.43;Yearbook of the Commonwealth;263
21;CHAPTER 14. STATISTICS;264
21.1;General Compilations;265
21.2;Agriculture;267
21.3;Aid;267
21.4;Balance of Payments;267
21.5;Civil List;268
21.6;Communications;268
21.7;Companies;268
21.8;Crime;268
21.9;Customs and Excise;269
21.10;Education;269
21.11;Estimates;269
21.12;Finance;271
21.13;Fire Services;271
21.14;Fisheries;271
21.15;Food;271
21.16;Forestry;271
21.17;Gambling;272
21.18;Health and Social Security;272
21.19;Housing;273
21.20;Imports and Exports;273
21.21;Inland Revenue;274
21.22;Insurance;274
21.23;Iron and Steel;274
21.24;Judiciary;275
21.25;Labour;275
21.26;Local Authorities;275
21.27;Minerals;275
21.28;National Income and Expenditure;276
21.29;Personal Expenditure;276
21.30;Personal Incomes;276
21.31;Police;277
21.32;Population;277
21.33;Power;278
21.34;Prices;278
21.35;Production;279
21.36;Rates;279
21.37;Regional Statistics;279
21.38;Science and Technology;279
21.39;Social;280
21.40;Standard Industrial Classification;280
21.41;Taxation;280
21.42;Trade;280
21.43;Transport;280
21.44;Universities;281
22;CHAPTER 15. NATIONAL ARCHIVES;282
22.1;The Public Record Office;282
22.2;Lists and indexes;282
22.3;Records not in the P.R.O.;286
22.4;Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts;286
22.5;Records of Parliament;287
23;CHAPTER 16. OBTAINING H.M.S.O. PUBLICATIONS;290
23.1;Her Majesty's Stationery Office;290
23.2;Government bookshops: official agents in the United Kingdom, official agents outside the United Kingdom;291
23.3;Standing orders;296
23.4;Selected subscription service;297
23.5;Library discounts;298
23.6;Out-of-print publications;298
23.7;Periodicals;299
23.8;Reprints and microtexts;302
23.9;Crown copyright;303
23.10;H.M.S.O. Services Working Party;303
24;CHAPTER 17. NON-H.M.S.O. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS;304
25;INDEX;316