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Early day motion 1173A1, tabled 9 March 2016 by Paul Flynn (Labour). Signed by 4 members.

leave out from 'House' to end and add 'believes that Parliament will be ridiculed if £80,000 spending is approved on an anachronistic vanity use of vellum which has no more modern practical value than Parliament's traditions of top hats and quill pens; notes that Parliament has recently approved savage cuts in the incomes of the disabled and other people in financial distress; and congratulates the House of Lords that has proved that it is sensitive to public opinion and display a common sense attitude to frivolous inconsistent spending.

Signatures by party: Labour 4.