§ Mr. EDEasked the Attorney-General what was the total cost to public funds of the recent prosecution of a Peer before the House of Lords and against which Vote has it been charged?
The SOLICITOR-GENERALThe total cost of the prosecution referred to is £686. Details of the charges are:
£ Expenditure incurred by the Office of Works: (Charged to the Houses of Parliament Buildings Vote (Class 7, Vote 2)) 249 Stationery Office, for printing, etc.: (Charged to the Vote for Stationery and Printing (Class 7, Vote 13)) 70 Law Officers' and other legal charges: (Charged to the Law Charges Vote (Class 3, Vote 10)) 367 Total £686