§ LORD ROBERT MONTAGUasked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether Mr. Thomas Hansard receives any annual subvention out of any of the Votes for the publication of the Debates, or whether a number of copies are paid for out of public money; and, if so, how many copies are paid for, what sum is paid for them, and out of what Vote is the payment made; also what is done with the copies so paid for?
§ MR. W. H. SMITHNo annual subvention is paid to Mr. Thomas Hansard out of the Votes for the purpose mentioned by the noble Lord; but the Stationery Office purchases 120 copies a-year, which are paid for out of the Vote for that Department, at the rate of £5 5s. a set. These copies are furnished to the various Public Offices and to the Colonies.
Afterwards the noble Lord placed the following Notice on the Notice Book:—
On Civil Service Estimates, Vote 25, Stationery and Printing, to move to reduce the Vote by £630, the amount paid annually to Mr. T. Hansard for 120 copies of the Debates.