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  "Counted from Parliament's statutory instruments tracker, which starts in June 2017 and records instruments laid before Parliament. It is not a register of every instrument: legislation.gov.uk also lists instruments that are never laid.",
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  "Proposed negative instruments are drafts a committee sifts before they are laid under a procedure. Other procedures include remedial orders, legislative reform orders and enhanced affirmative instruments."
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