Found: Membership Lord McFall of Alcluith Lord Gardiner of Kimble The Earl of Kinnoull Lord McLoughlin

Found: Membership • Lord McFall of Alcluith • Lord Gardiner of Kimble • The Earl of Kinnoull • Lord McLoughlin

Found: Apologies were received from Irene Campbell MP (delegate for Steve Barclay MP), Catherine Ward, Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: Barclay MP) Judith Cummins MP (for Mr Speaker) (Chair) Marianne Cwynarski Officials Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: MP Rachel Blake MP Lord Vaux of Harrowden Simon Burton Marianne Cwynarski Officials Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: In a letter to our Committee, Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords,

Found: :00 midday in Committee Room 1 and online Attendance • Lord Speaker (Chair) • Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: 10:00am–12:00 midday in Committee Room 1 Attendance • Lord Speaker (Chair) • Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: Attorney General’s Office 102 Petty France London SW1H 9EA www.gov.uk/ago Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Senior Deputy Speaker (18 April 2024): https://bills.parliament.uk/publications

Found: Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Senior Deputy Speaker (18 April 2024): https://bills.parliament.uk/publications

Found: midday in Committee Room 1 and via Teams Attendance • Lord Speaker (Chair) • Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: 10:00am–12:00 midday in Committee Room 1 Attendance • Lord Speaker (Chair) • Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: In a letter to the Chair of the House of Commons Procedure Committee, Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Senior

Found: In a letter to the Chair of the House of Commons Procedure Committee, Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Senior

Found: Attorney General’s Office 102 Petty France London SW1H 9EA www.gov.uk/ago Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: Letter from Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair of the House of Commons Liaison Committee to Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: Letter from Lord Gardiner of Kimble to Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair of the House of Commons Liaison Committee

Found: Lord Gardiner of Kimble 15 November 2025

Found: scrutiny of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Wednesday 12 November 2025 11.05 am Members present: Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: committee proposals: Numeracy for life Wednesday 12 November 2025 10.55 am Members present: Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: committee proposals: National resilience Wednesday 12 November 2025 10.45 am Members present: Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: of higher education in later life Wednesday 12 November 2025 10.35 am Members present: Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: Responsibilities in a Modern Economy Wednesday 12 November 2025 10.25 am Members present: Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: proposals: Childhood vaccination rates Wednesday 12 November 2025 10.15 am Members present: Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: Letter from the Leaders of the two Houses to Lord Gardiner of Kimble and Dame Meg Hillier MP in relation

Found: Letter from Lord Gardiner of Kimble to the Leaders of the two Houses in relation to pre-legislative scrutiny

Found: and Society Wednesday 12 November 2025 10.05 am Watch the meeting Members present: Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: Lord Tarassenko (Proposal 21) • Domestic Abuse Act 2021 – Lord Laming (Proposal 39) Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: Letter from Janey Daby MP, Minister for Children and Families, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the

Found: Letter from Lord Hanson of Flint, Minister of State at the Home Office, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair

Found: /62: Letter from Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair of the House of Commons Liaison Committee to Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Found: Letter from Baroness Twycross, Minister for Gambling and Heritage, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair

Found: Lord Gardiner of Kimble 9 July 2025

Found: Lord Gardiner of Kimble 27 March 2025

Question

To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on the 6 January (HL13198), how many individual comments were received; and, of those comments, how many were (1) in favour of, and (2) opposed to, changing the typeface for the printed version of the House of Lords Official Report from a serif to a sans-serif typeface.

Answered by Lord McLoughlin

The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chair of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf.  In total, 20 individual responses were received on the total redesign package, offering varying views on different aspects. Specifically on the proposed change of font, which was covered in nine of the responses, two were in favour, three did not offer a preference and four preferred the current font. Some concerns were also raised about the front page and the suggested design was amended accordingly. The redesign remains a work in progress and will be reviewed again by the House of Lords Services Committee alongside further consultation with Members before any decision is taken.

Question

To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 6 January (HL13198), who initiated the preparation of the paper which was presented to the Services Committee in May 2025 regarding the proposal to change the printed version of the House of Lords Official Report from a serif to a sans-serif typeface.

Answered by Lord McLoughlin

The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chair of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf. Hansard initiated the paper proposing changes to the design of the printed version in consideration of contemporary accessibility standards. The existing design does not conform to contemporary accessibility standards in several ways. The justified layout is generally regarded as more difficult for visually impaired and dyslexic people to follow, and the serif text requires more effort to read than non-serif fonts. This work is being done in tandem with House of Commons Hansard, with which post-production processes are shared, so a divergence of approach would be likely to increase costs.

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