§ Mr. Naylorasked the Postmaster-General the terms and conditions of the contract held by Messrs. Weiners, Limited, for the advertising work connected with the Classified Traders and Commercial Telephone Directory?
§ Lieut.-Colonel ColvilleI have been asked to reply. Messrs. Weiners, Limited, have the sole right to obtain suitable advertisements for display in and upon the Post Office Telephone Directories of880W Classified Trades and Professions for London and provincial districts for a period of five years from 1937, subject to extension by agreement for a further period of five years. A royalty, subject to a minimum amount, based on the gross value of the advertisements appearing in and upon these directories, is paid by the firm to His Majesty's Stationery Office.
§ Mr. Naylorasked the Postmaster-General whether any payment for the goodwill of the business was made to Buff Book, Limited, when the licence for the publication of the Classified Traders and Commercial Telephone Directory was withdrawn; and, if so, to what amount?
§ Major TryonThere can be no question of payment for goodwill where, as in the case now in point, a contract has expired and the work has passed to another contractor under a new contract secured as the result of public tender.