{"id":1179,"date":"2016-04-25T15:39:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T15:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2016-04-25T15:39:42","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T15:39:42","slug":"victory-in-michaels-campaign-to-save-vellum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1179","title":{"rendered":"Victory in Michael&#8217;s Campaign to Save Vellum"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1072\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1072\" style=\"width: 466px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1072 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MF-with-vellum.jpg\" alt=\"MF with vellum\" width=\"466\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MF-with-vellum.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MF-with-vellum-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 85vw, 466px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael during a recent visit to Patricia Lovett&#8217;s studio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Michael has helped to secure victory in the campaign to continue the use of vellum for printing Acts of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday evening, he\u00a0joined MPs from all parties in supporting a backbench motion to oppose the decision by the House of Lords to unilaterally end the use of vellum.\u00a0 The Commons voted 117 to 38 to approve the motion.<\/p>\n<p>Michael said: &#8220;I was proud to vote for this motion.\u00a0 Vellum is a vital part of our national heritage.\u00a0 The strong cross-party support of the House of Commons for its continued use is welcome.\u00a0 The short-sighted attempt to end this tradition must now cease.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Local calligrapher Patricia Lovett, who was in Parliament to watch the debate, said: &#8220;The success of the campaign is an indication of how democracy can work. \u00a0I am so grateful to Michael Fallon for the interest that he has shown in the campaign, his support, and the work he has done to ensure that the significance of vellum and the actual cost, \u00a337,000, was made known in Westminster.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael has helped to secure victory in the campaign to continue the use of vellum for printing Acts of Parliament. On Wednesday evening, he\u00a0joined MPs from all parties in supporting a backbench motion to oppose the decision by the House of Lords to unilaterally end the use of vellum.\u00a0 The Commons voted 117 to 38 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1179\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Victory in Michael&#8217;s Campaign to Save Vellum&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[452,454],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1181,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions\/1181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}