article_snippet: Liberal Democrat John Thurso, who represents the commission in the chamber, said moving away from Apple's products would be too expensive.
article_snippet: Locking some of the most powerful people in the country into a platform that most of my constituents can't afford seems like a mistake.
article_snippet: And that's without mentioning the tax avoidance issue.
article_snippet: Liberal Democrat John Thurso claimed a move away from Apple's operating system would  incur more costs .
article_snippet: Mr Thurso said the decision to buy the new gadgets was to avoid spending more money on training staff to use non-Apple systems and to reduce hard copy printing in favour of online publication which was already saving more than £3 million annually.
highlights_snippet: But the House of Commons Commission claim the move is to save money .