In the past, vellum described a writing surface made from animal hides. The vellum was sometimes slightly transparent, and that use of the term remains in use today. Vellum, a favorite paper among ...

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 ...

Britain's parliament should continue printing its laws onto traditional vellum the government has said, in comments hailed by a manufacturer as "a victory for common sense." Modern U.K. legislation is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Centuries-old practice to end in April, switching to high quality paper instead, but critics argue paper has shorter lifespan The centuries-old practice of printing laws on vellum is set to end from ...

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 ...

Formerly the Telegraph's Associate Editor (Politics), Christopher is now the Political Editor of GB News. He writes the Peterborough diary — published every Friday at 7pm. You can find him on Twitter ...

Last week the House of Lords decided to end the printing of laws on vellum for cost reasons. But now the Cabinet Office is to provide the money from its own budget for the thousand-year-old tradition ...