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Thousand year old tradition of printing Britain's laws on vellum has been scrapped to save just £80,000
The thousand year old tradition of printing Britain's laws on vellum has been scrapped to save just £80,000 a year despite concerns from MPs about ending the historic practice. The House of Lords have confirmed that from April all legislation will printed on simple archive paper instead of the traditional calfskin vellum. All of Parliament's legislation and some of the country's most important historical documents have been printed on vellum...
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