§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it remains Government policy to try to maintain a comparable standard of service at each of Her Majesty's Stationery Office bookshops in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. HayhoeYes, as far as practicable. In particular, the tight time scales applying to the printing and publishing of many parliamentary papers means that they are usually available at Her Majesty's Stationery Office's bookshop at High Holborn sooner than at their other bookshops. In addition, the London bookshop serves a much bigger market than the other bookshops and can therefore maintain much larger stocks.