David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member’s question is as follows:

(1)

Bound volumes of Hansard are distributed on behalf of the Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) by its printing contractor. During their period in office, Members and Senators receive bound Hansard volumes for the House in which they serve. The distribution list also contains a number of other recipients, including some Commonwealth parliamentary offices. Once the bound volumes are printed and distributed, they are no longer owned by, or considered to be the responsibility of, the Department of Parliamentary Services. 

(2)

DPS does not have a conservation program for its own bound volumes of Hansard.

(3)

There is no conservation work on bound volumes of Hansard planned by DPS.

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