Mr. Creech Jonesasked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the circumstances under which permission has been given to use the official machinery of his Department for the distribution of life assurance leaflets on behalf of one particular life insurance company; and whether similar permission will be given for the distribution of literature to other similar societies and companies?
§ Mr. E. BrownFacilities have been given for the distribution in a number of Employment Exchanges of leaflets indicating the insurance benefits of various kinds afforded to civil servants by three societies, viz., the Civil Service Insurance Society, the Civil Service Widows and Orphans Fund and the Civil Service Provident Fund. These societies exist for the benefit of civil servants only, and if I receive requests from other societies with like objects for facilities of the same kind I will consider them.