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  Print Acts of Parliament on Paper instead of Vellum - rejected
  
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  @ MP voted no to continue the practice of printing two copies of every Act of Parliament on vellum for deposit in the national archive
  @ MP voted aye to end the practice of printing Acts of Parliament on vellum
  
  The majority of MPs voted against discontinuing the practice of printing all Public Acts of Parliament in duplicate on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellum vellum] (calf hide).
  
  This went against a vote in the House of Lords[1] as well as the recommendations of a Select Committee.[2]
  
  The campaign to retain the tradition of continuing to print Acts of Parliament on animal skin was led by [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Brian_White&mpc=North_East_Milton_Keynes Brian White] in whose constituency the vellum manufacturer was based.[3]  (He assured the House that it was calf-skin, not goat skin.)[4]
  
  The current cost of printing Acts on vellum is approximately Â£32 per page.[5]
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=1999-11-01a.32.0 Nick Palmer MP], House of Commons, 1 November 1999 
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmselect/cmadmin/539/53905.htm Select Committee on Administration], Note by the Clerk of the House, 7 May 1999
  * [3] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/502342.stm Goat skin tradition wins the day], BBC News, 2 November 1999
  * [4] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=1999-11-01a.32.0#g47.0 Brian White MP], House of Commons, 1 November 1999
  * [5] [http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/contract_for_producing_vellum_co Contract for producing vellum copies of Acts], Freedom of Information request, 24 September 2008
  
  
  
  
  
  
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