The House of Commons spent more than £30,000 of taxpayers' money redesigning the document listing the day's parliamentary business.

The modernisation was aimed at making the order paper "better suited to electronic publication and distribution". Commons Speaker John Bercow was involved in discussions on the project. The new order paper was unveiled earlier this month as the new session began following the Queen's Speech.

A freedom of information request by the Press Association revealed the total cost of the project was £30,250. The project was approved by the Parliamentary Information, Communication and Technology Advisory Board, through "existing authorisation procedures".

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