§ Colonel WEDGWOODasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the case of holders of patents taken out before the War; whether he is aware that these holders have had to pay renewal fees during the War although they have not been allowed during the War to manufacture the goods in respect of which the patents were granted; and whether it is proposed to extend the patent rights for a period to correspond with that during which they have been debarred from using them?
§ Sir A. GEDDESThe proposals of the Government dealing with this matter are embodied in Clauses 6 and 7 of the Patents and Designs Bill, which is at present awaiting Second Reading in another place.