MPs spent two hours this evening debating whether they should remain in the 11th Century, and keep wasting £80,000 a year printing laws on the skin of dead baby cows Labour's Melanie Onn said it was ...

After a reprieve, the UK is to continue printing and storing its laws on vellum, made from calf or goat-skin. But shouldn't these traditions give way to digital storage, asks Chris Stokel-Walker. Last ...

Just 522 years after Britain’s first paper mill opened, Parliament has decided to stop printing laws on animal skins. For a thousand years, laws in Britain have been printed on vellum, a costly ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Britain's parliament should continue printing its laws onto traditional ...