§ Dr. HarrisTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what plans he has to make Braille copies of Acts of Parliament available. [49104]
§ Dr. David ClarkWe have no current plans to make Braille copies of Acts of Parliament available. Previous discussions have taken place with the Royal National Institute for the Blind as a result of which it was concluded that there was unlikely to be sufficient demand to make it a viable proposition. The RNIB has, however, a no-charge licence to reproduce Acts of Parliament in Braille, Moon, audio tape and Braille-coded floppy disk formats and will supply an Act in one of these formats in response to requests which they receive. Officials from my Department are currently exploring with RNIB whether their production arrangements can be assisted by delivery of the text of Acts in electronic formats.