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

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

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

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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