§ Mr. Joplingasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the notice sent out by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise reference number 19/74/VMC, relating to relief from VAT on wood logs, firewood and firelighters from 1st January 1975, was sent in a large-sized envelope; what was the cost of 632,000 of these envelopes; and what is the cost of 632,000 official envelopes of the smaller size in which the circular could have been despatched.
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§ Dr. GilbertThe envelopes used were the only ones available that were suitable for machine processing; they cost £2,528. Had the smallest sized suitable envelopes been available they would have cost roughly £1,600.