> Blimey...
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> British Acts of Parliament are still printed on vellum for archival purpo=
ses,[9]
> as are those of the Republic of Ireland.[10] In February 2016, the UK Hou=
se
> of Lords announced that legislation would be printed on archive paper
> instead of the traditional vellum from April 2016.[11] However, Cabinet
> Office Minister Matthew Hancock intervened by agreeing to fund the
> continued use of vellum from the Cabinet Office budget.[12]

The cost saving of going to paper was going to be about 30-40k GBP IIRC, a =
figure that is way way way down in the noise of costings of the British Par=
liament.

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