§ 77. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in view of the fact that eleven years have elapsed since the Royal Commission on the Press expressed concern 73W at the trend towards Press monopoly in Great Britain and that this trend continues as is evidenced by the recent cessation of the News Chronicle, the Star, and the Empire News, what steps he now plans to remedy this situation in respect of the publication of news and opinion in Great Britan.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerAs I said in answer to the Question put by the hon. and learned Member on 27th October, the intervention of the Government in the affairs of the Press is not a thing to be undertaken lightly, and I am not convinced that action on my part is called for at the present time.