Mr. DUNDAS WHITEasked the President of the Board of Trade whether any memorandum had been issued setting out the provisions of the existing Copyright Acts and showing how far the Copyright Bill consolidates and how far it alters the law; and, if not, whether he will cause such a memorandum to be prepared and will postpone the Report stage of the Copyright Bill until there has been an opportunity of considering that memorandum and of ascertaining accurately what changes are proposed to be made by the Bill?
Mr. BUXTONSome memoranda, of which I am sending my hon. Friend copies, were circulated to the members of the Grand Committee when the Bill was in Committee. I am unaware of any precedent for circulating a memorandum such as is suggested on the Report stage of a Bill.