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.

List of IllustrationsPreface1. 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 Publications3. 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 Lords4. Commons and Lords Papers House of Commons Papers House of Lords Papers5. Command Papers Nature and Scope Numbering Concordance of Command Papers State Papers: Treaty Series, Country Series, Miscellaneous Series Royal Commissions and Tribunals of Inquiry6. Royal Commissions Character and Purpose Alphabetical List of Royal Commissions, 1900-727. 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 Bill8. 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 Debates9. 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 Measures10. Delegated Legislation and Administrative Tribunals Delegated Legislation: Purpose and Nature, Numbering and Classification, Annual Volumes, Revised Editions, Official Indexes, Halsbury's Statutory Instruments Administrative Tribunals11. Committees and Tribunals of Inquiry Departmental Committees Working Parties Tribunals of Inquiry Select Alphabetical List of Departmental Committees, Working Parties, Tribunals of Inquiry, etc., 1900-7212. Non-Parliamentary Publications Introduction Abstract from 1967 Official Catalog Green Papers13. 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 Parliament16. 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 Party17. Non-H.M.S.O. Official Publications (Arranged by Departments).Index