Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 April 1987.
Christopher Chope
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment)
12:00,
1 April 1987
A summary of responses to the green paper "Paying for Local Government" was placed in the library on 15 December.
This phrase is often used in written answers to indicate that a minister has deposited some relevant information in the House of Commons Library. Typical content includes research reports, letters, and tables of data not published elsewhere.
A list of such depositions can be found at http://deposits.parliament.uk/ along with some of the documents. The Library is not open to the public, but copies of documents can be requested if they are not on that website. For more information, see the House of Commons factsheet: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/P15.pdf
A Green Paper is a tentative report of British government proposals without any commitment to action. Green papers may result in the production of a white paper.
From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_paper
