§ 8. Mr. Eric Fletcherasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to fix a date at which the present restrictions on magazines and periodicals will be removed.
§ Mr. H. WilsonAs from 1st March next, existing magazines and periodicals will no longer be limited for their home sales to a percentage of their pre-war consumption of paper, but will be allowed to use all the paper they can obtain. The restrictions on new publications will also be withdrawn.
§ Mr. FletcherMay I thank my right hon. Friend for that reply, which I am sure will be very generally welcomed?
§ Mr. Kenneth LindsayWill it now not be necessary for magazines to try to arrange for publication abroad, which has caused great inconvenience both to the right hon. Gentleman's Department and elsewhere?
§ Mr. WilsonWe shall certainly welcome all the efforts which they are able to make to export copies of what is produced, but there will now be no question of any necessity to publish abroad.
§ Mr. AsshetonDoes the right hon. Gentleman's statement cover newspaper*?
§ Mr. WilsonIt covers what it says, periodicals and magazines, not newspapers.
§ Mr. Francis Noel-BakerWill the restriction on the amount of paper permitted to be allocated to advertising be removed at the same time?
§ Mr. WilsonI should require notice of that question.