HC Deb 25 July 1944 vol 402 c592
54. Mr. Keeling

asked the Secretary to the Treasury what is the estimated life of the paper on which the bound copies of HANSARD and the Journal of the House placed in the Library are now printed.

Captain McEwen (Lord of the Treasury)

I have been asked to reply. Under normal conditions of use and storage the life will be not less than 75 years.

Mr. Keeling

Will my hon. and gallant Friend ask the Stationery Office to consider printing a few copies for the Library of this House and the national libraries on special paper which will have a much longer life, in the same way as there is a special edition of "The Times" for libraries? We ourselves can read the Journal of the sixteenth century.