§ 35. Mr. WELLSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the average cost of printing a private Member's Bill as introduced and ordered to be printed by the House; can he state what is approximately the cost per page in the case of Bills consisting of a number of pages; and whether there is any sale of such Bills to the public as a reduction of the charge to public funds?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe average cost of printing a private Member's Bill, as introduced and ordered to be printed by the House, is £8; the approximate cost per page in the case of Bills consisting of a number of pages is £1. The total cost of printing private Members' Bills for the Session 1924–25 was about £850, and the receipts from sales for the same period were about £290.
§ Mr. McNEILLThat is a question of opinion.
§ Sir H. BRITTAINHow many of these Bills were turned into Acts?