§ 55. Mr. HAYESasked the Postmaster-General the duration of the present contracts entered into for advertisements from the liquor trade in post offices, telephone cabinets, etc.; and what action he proposes to take on the expiration of the existing contracts?
§ The ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Viscount Wolmer)The individual contracts with advertisers are made not by the Post Office, but by its advertisement contractor. They are numerous, and their duration varies. The governing contract is that between the Department and the United Kingdom Advertising Company, Limited, and I cannot forecast the Department's policy in 1936, when that contract expires.
§ Mr. HAYESCan the House have an assurance from the Postmaster-General, 33 now that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has introduced a Betting Tax, that we shall not have starting price agencies in our public institutions?
§ Viscount WOLMERI must have notice of that question.
§ Mr. THURTLEMay we take it that the Noble Lord does not regard liquor advertisements as being in any sense more immoral than recruiting posters?