The decision on whether to accede to that request is a matter for the Committee itself. This is because material published elsewhere is not usually reprinted by Committees. In their requests for memoranda Committees will usually indicate the number of copies required but it is helpful for future copying if the evidence is simply stapled together rather than put in any complicated type of binding. Material printed in colour should be avoided as much as possible and graphs in particular should not rely on colour to indicate different data series. Submissions should be sent to either the Clerk of the Committee or the Committee Assistant, as instructed in the Press Notice.
Committees are also usually happy to receive memoranda in electronic form.
Each Committee's postal and e-mail address is given on its press notices and on its internet home page. IA timetable for the submission of written evidence is usually set out in the invitation for evidence or agreed with the Committee. It is almost always required at least a week before the date fixed for a related oral evidence session. If witnesses give oral evidence, copies of their written evidence will usually be made available to press and public at the hearing, and may thereafter be treated as in the public domain. Written evidence which is not the subject of a hearing may not be published until considerably later, or at all.