HC Deb 01 November 1991 vol 198 c3W
Mr. Beaumont-Dark

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

Mr. Maples

Following a review by Her Majesty's Stationery Office I have authorised increases of £1.50 in the prices of the Daily Parts and Standing Committee debates, with broadly proportionate increases in the prices of the Weekly Part, Bound Volumes and Indexes. Subscription rates will be adjusted accordingly and the scale of charges for reprints of Members' speeches appearing in theOfficial Report will also be raised. These increases, coupled with plans to enable the reports of proceedings to be "machine read" by the HMSO presses, should permit the final elimination of the revenue subsidy, which has been progressively reduced from £6.0 million in 1983–84.