HC Deb 25 October 1988 vol 139 c129W
Mr. Cran

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the price of theOfficial Report.

Mr. Lilley

Following a review by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, I have authorised an increase of 65p in the price of the daily part and Standing Committee debates with a proportionate increase in the price of the weekly part. Bound volumes will increase by £3, the volume index by 30p and the fortnightly index by 20p. Subscription rates and the scale of charges for reprints of Members' speeches appearing in theOfficial Report will also be raised. These increases, coupled with a reduction of 7.5 per cent. in the production costs at Hansard Press during the current Session, will enable the level of central subsidy to be further reduced.