§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Lord President of the Council on how many days since 1 July 1987 the hon. Member for Nottingham, North (Mr. Allen) has tabled notices of motion relating to each of(a) a Select Committee on Legal Affairs, (b) the reform of the House of Commons procedure, (c) sittings of the House and (d) Members' facilities; and what estimate he has made of the total cost to public funds and the volume of newsprint that have been involved in the printing of these motions.
§ Sir Geoffrey HoweThe total cost to public funds of printing and publishing notices of motions relating to (a) a Select Committee on Legal Affairs, (b) the reform of the House of Commons procedure, (c) sittings of the House and (d) Members facilities, tabled by the hon. Member for Nottingham, North (Mr. Allen) since Sessions 1987–88, 1988–89 with 1989–90 up to and including 7 June 1990, is estimated as £55,000. The volume of paper consumed was about 300,000 sheets of A4 paper.
The number of days on which the notices of motions were tabled in each Session are as follows:
Number of days Motion Session 1987–88 Session 1988–89 Session 1989–901 Total (a) Select Committee on Legal Affairs — 71 92 163 (b) Procedure 69 122 92 283 (c) Sittings 69 123 92 284 (d) Facilities — 115 92 207 1 Up to and including 7 June 1990.