Print Acts of Parliament on Paper instead of Vellum — rejected — 1 Nov 1999

The majority of MPs voted against discontinuing the practice of printing all Public Acts of Parliament in duplicate on vellum (calf hide).

This went against a vote in the House of Lords[1] as well as the recommendations of a Select Committee.[2]

The campaign to retain the tradition of continuing to print Acts of Parliament on animal skin was led by Brian White in whose constituency the vellum manufacturer was based.[3] (He assured the House that it was calf-skin, not goat skin.)[4]

The current cost of printing Acts on vellum is approximately £32 per page.[5]

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MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party are marked in red. Also shows which MPs were ministers at the time of this vote. You can also see every eligible MP including those who did not vote in this division.

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Sir John MorrisAberavonLabaye
Gerald HowarthAldershotCon (front bench)no
Graham BradyAltrincham and Sale WestCon (front bench)no
Mr Barry JonesAlyn and DeesideLabaye
Mr Howard FlightArundel and South DownsConno
Mr Robert SheldonAshton-under-LyneLab (minister)no
David LidingtonAylesburyCon (front bench)no
Margaret HodgeBarkingLab (minister)no
Michael ClaphamBarnsley West and PenistoneLabno
Dominic GrieveBeaconsfieldCon (front bench)no
Alan BeithBerwick-upon-TweedLDemaye
Frank FieldBirkenheadLabno
Andrew RobathanBlabyCon (front bench)no
Mr Llew SmithBlaenau GwentLabno
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLab (minister)no
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)no
Brian IddonBolton South EastLabno
Andrew MacKayBracknellConno
Terry RooneyBradford NorthLabno
Barry GardinerBrent NorthLab (minister)no
Mr Paul BoatengBrent SouthLab (minister)aye
David LepperBrighton, PavilionLabno
Mrs Valerie DaveyBristol WestLabno
Eric ForthBromley and ChislehurstConno
Julie KirkbrideBromsgroveConno
Nick PalmerBroxtoweLabtellaye
John BercowBuckinghamCon (front bench)no
Mr Peter PikeBurnleyLabno
David ChaytorBury NorthLabaye
Mr George FoulkesCarrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleyLab (minister)aye
Mrs Christine ButlerCastle PointLabno
Mr Tony BennChesterfieldLabno
Sir Sydney ChapmanChipping BarnetConno
Mr Tony WorthingtonClydebank and MilngavieLabaye
Tom ClarkeCoatbridge and ChrystonLabno
Kali MountfordColne ValleyLabno
Bob AinsworthCoventry North EastLab (minister)aye
Laura MoffattCrawleyLabno
Brian H DonohoeCunninghame SouthLab (minister)no
Tim BoswellDaventryCon (front bench)no
Margaret BeckettDerby SouthLab (minister)aye
Mrs Ann TaylorDewsburyLab (minister)aye
Gwyn ProsserDoverLabno
Steve PoundEaling NorthLab (minister)no
Piara S KhabraEaling, SouthallLabno
Jim MurphyEast RenfrewshireLabaye
Dr Lynda ClarkEdinburgh PentlandsLab (minister)aye
Andrew MillerEllesmere Port and NestonLabtellaye
Clive EffordElthamLab (minister)no
Michael ConnartyFalkirk EastLab (minister)no
Rudi VisFinchley and Golders GreenLabno
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)no
Mohammad SarwarGlasgow GovanLabaye
Mrs Maria FyfeGlasgow MaryhillLabno
Ian DavidsonGlasgow PollokLab (minister)no
Thomas McAvoyGlasgow RutherglenLab (minister)aye
David MarshallGlasgow ShettlestonLabno
Anthony D WrightGreat YarmouthLabno
Mrs Alice MahonHalifaxLabno
David DavisHaltemprice and HowdenCon (front bench)no
Mr Iain ColemanHammersmith and FulhamLabno
Michael Jabez FosterHastings and RyeLabno
Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDem (front bench)aye
Mr Tony McWalterHemel HempsteadLabno
Andrew DismoreHendonLabno
Mr Bowen WellsHertford and StortfordConno
Jim DobbinHeywood and MiddletonLabno
Mr Ivor CaplinHoveLabaye
Greg PopeHyndburnLab (minister)aye
Mike GapesIlford SouthLabno
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabaye
Mr Phil SawfordKetteringLabno
Edward O'HaraKnowsley SouthLabno
Mr Hilton DawsonLancaster and WyreLabno
Fabian HamiltonLeeds North EastLab (minister)no
Mr Harold BestLeeds North WestLabno
Dr Jim MarshallLeicester SouthLabno
Mr Lawrence CunliffeLeighLabno
Bridget PrenticeLewisham EastLabaye
Jim DowdLewisham WestLab (minister)aye
Harry CohenLeyton and WansteadLabno
Michael FabricantLichfieldCon (front bench)no
Mr Tam DalyellLinlithgowLabno
Jane KennedyLiverpool, WavertreeLab (minister)aye
Robert WareingLiverpool, West DerbyLabno
Mr Denzil DaviesLlanelliLabaye
Mr Christopher GillLudlowConno
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLabtellno
Graham StringerManchester, BlackleyLab (minister)no
Alan MealeMansfieldLab (minister)no
Nicholas SoamesMid SussexCon (front bench)no
Phyllis StarkeyMilton Keynes South WestLabno
Mr Huw EdwardsMonmouthLabno
Julian LewisNew Forest EastCon (front bench)no
Mrs Llin GoldingNewcastle-under-LymeLabno
Mr Bill O'BrienNormantonLabno
Mr Paul TylerNorth CornwallLDem (front bench)aye
Robert WalterNorth DorsetCon (front bench)aye
Mr Giles RadiceNorth DurhamLab (minister)aye
Mr Harry BarnesNorth East DerbyshireLabno
Menzies CampbellNorth East FifeLDem (front bench)aye
Oliver HealdNorth East HertfordshireCon (front bench)aye
Mr Brian WhiteNorth East Milton KeynesLabtellno
Bernard JenkinNorth EssexCon (front bench)no
Owen PatersonNorth ShropshireCon (front bench)no
George YoungNorth West HampshireCon (front bench)aye
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLabno
Mr Tony ClarkeNorthampton SouthLabno
Steve WebbNorthavonLDem (front bench)aye
Ian GibsonNorwich NorthLabno
John HeppellNottingham EastLabno
Graham AllenNottingham NorthLab (minister)aye
Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabaye
Bill OlnerNuneatonLabno
Mr Raymond PowellOgmoreLabno
Evan HarrisOxford West and AbingdonLDemno
Ms Helen ClarkPeterboroughLabno
Mr David JamiesonPlymouth, DevonportLab (minister)no
Kim HowellsPontypriddLab (minister)no
Jim FitzpatrickPoplar and Canning TownLabno
Mr Syd RapsonPortsmouth NorthLabno
Ms Jane GriffithsReading EastLabno
Martin SalterReading WestLabno
Crispin BluntReigateCon (front bench)no
Mr Allan RogersRhonddaLabno
Mrs Eileen GordonRomfordLabno
Charles KennedyRoss, Skye and Inverness WestLDem (front bench)aye
Denis MacShaneRotherhamLabno
Mr Archy KirkwoodRoxburgh and BerwickshireLDem (front bench)aye
Mr Andy KingRugby and KenilworthLabaye
Mr Lawrie QuinnScarborough and WhitbyLabaye
Elliot MorleyScunthorpeLab (minister)aye
Clive BettsSheffield, AttercliffeLab (minister)no
Mr Richard AllanSheffield, HallamLDem (front bench)no
Mrs Helen JacksonSheffield, HillsboroughLabaye
Paddy TippingSherwoodLab (minister)aye
Chris LeslieShipleyLabno
Mr Paul MarsdenShrewsbury and AtchamLabaye
David HeathSomerton and FromeLDem (front bench)aye
James PaiceSouth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
Colin BreedSouth East CornwallLDemaye
Dr David ClarkSouth ShieldsLabno
Stephen LadymanSouth ThanetLabno
Mrs Virginia BottomleySouth West SurreyConno
Alan WhiteheadSouthampton, TestLab (minister)no
Sir David AmessSouthend WestCon (front bench)no
Mr Kerry PollardSt AlbansLabno
Dave WattsSt Helens NorthLab (minister)no
Mr Gerry BerminghamSt Helens SouthLabaye
Frank CookStockton NorthLabno
Dari TaylorStockton SouthLabno
Joan WalleyStoke-on-Trent NorthLab (minister)no
Mr George StevensonStoke-on-Trent SouthLabaye
Keith HillStreathamLab (minister)aye
Beverley HughesStretford and UrmstonLab (minister)aye
Bill EtheringtonSunderland NorthLabno
Chris MullinSunderland SouthLab (minister)aye
Mr Donald AndersonSwansea EastLab (minister)no
Mr Tom CoxTootingLabno
Adrian SandersTorbayLDem (front bench)no
Mr John BurnettTorridge and West DevonLDemaye
Mr Bernie GrantTottenhamLabno
Matthew TaylorTruro and St AustellLDem (front bench)aye
David ClellandTyne BridgeLab (minister)no
Mr Keith DarvillUpminsterLabaye
Chris RuaneVale of ClwydLab (minister)aye
Anne McIntoshVale of YorkCon (front bench)no
David WinnickWalsall NorthLab (minister)no
Neil GerrardWalthamstowLabno
Helen JonesWarrington NorthLab (minister)no
Mike HallWeaver ValeLab (minister)no
Mr Paul StinchcombeWellingboroughLabno
John HealeyWentworthLab (minister)no
Mr Brian CotterWeston-Super-MareLDem (front bench)aye
Neil TurnerWiganLabno
Ken PurchaseWolverhampton North EastLabaye
Peter BottomleyWorthing WestCon (front bench)no
Mr David LockWyre ForestLab (minister)aye

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