§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Lord President of the Council on how many days between 1 July 1987 and 31 December 1990 the hon. Member for Nottingham, North (Mr. Allen) has tabled notices of motions relating to each of(a) the Select Committee on Legal Affairs, (b) reform of 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 the motions.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe 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) in Sessions 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90 and in the current Session to 31 December 1990 is estimated as £68,000. The volume of paper consumed was about 345,000 sheets of A4 paper. The number of days on which the notices of motions were tabled in each Session are as follows:
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