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Record Copies of Acts

Proceeding contribution from James Gray (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 20 April 2016. It occurred during Backbench debate on Record Copies of Acts.

The hon. Lady will have a chance to make her points later. I am interested that she is apparently opposed to the motion.

The difference in cost will be pretty marginal, so let us move on to the substance of the matter. If we were to change to paper, I would be very surprised if the cost was as low as the House of Lords has indicated. The county of Hereford has announced this week that it has just opened a new archive centre at a cost of £11.5 million. Paper, of course, requires all sorts of special care over the years, whereas vellum, as can be demonstrated by a glance at the records in the Victoria Tower, survives for generations—hundreds of years—without any care whatsoever. It can be put in a cupboard and it will be as good as when it went in.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
608 c1003 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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