Roger Price (Chifley, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Speaker, in writing, on 5 September 2006:

(1)

Does the Department of the House of Representatives or the Department of Parliamentary Services own and have responsibility for Hansard volumes kept at Commonwealth parliamentary offices.

(2)

Are Hansard volumes assessed for conservation; if so (a) how frequently and (b) with what result; and

(3)

What is the annual cost of conserving Hansard volumes.

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to 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.