MPs are to be offered taxpayer-funded iPads as part of moves to modernise parliament, it was revealed on Tuesday.
Politicians will be able to trade in one of their existing computers for a tablet, under a pilot being run by the Commons authorities.
Select committee members will also be handed the fashionable devices - as long as they agree to receive documents electronically rather than in hard copy.
The touchscreen tablets cost between £399 and £659 each, according to the Apple website.
The ruling Commons Commission agreed last night that MPs "would be permitted to swap one of their current pieces of IT equipment for an iPad if they wished".
"The returned item of equipment would then be used to replace obsolete equipment used by staff in the House Service, thus reducing replacement costs by at least £50,000 (based on 100 MPs returning a laptop) and defraying the cost of the purchase of the iPad," according to a spokesman.
He added that the House would "offer iPads to Members on those select committees that agreed to electronic delivery of documents and so reduce expenditure on paper and reprographics and improve environmental performance".
The cross-party committee decided to look more closely at potential savings from wider use of iPads by MPs.
The Commons recently changed its rules to allow MPs to use iPads and other electronic devices in the chamber during debates, with Labour MP Kerry McCarthy and Lib Dem David Heath among the first to be spotted using them to assist them during speeches.
However the move was not met with universal approval, as many MPs raising concerns that the devices would distract their colleagues from debates.
House of Lords authorities also recently bought 20 iPads for use by peers and staff to test how the devices can "facilitate core parliamentary work".