To date the Law Commission has produced 180 final reports recommending reforms. Of these 135 have been implemented either wholly or in part. 12 await a decision from the Government. While this is impressive, the speed of implementation has been a cause of concern. The first step to improve this was the amendment of the Law Commissions Act of 1965 to provide that the Chair of the Commission must be a judge of the High Court or of the Court of Appeal. The next significant development was the introduction of the Constitutional Renewal White Paper which brings forward proposals to place a statutory duty on the Lord Chancellor to report annually to Parliament on outstanding Law Commission recommendations. The Constitutional Renewal Bill has yet to be introduced. These and other changes; and reports and papers published during the year are outlined in this title.