§ Sir A. Wilsonasked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the recent discussions of the British Medical Association at Belfast and of the recommendations of the Select Committee on Patent Medicines in 1914, he will give further consideration to the expediency of excluding advertisements of aids to hearing from postage-stamp books sold by his Department; and what, if any, financial loss would be occasioned thereby?
§ Sir W. WomersleyMy right hon. Friend has referred to reports of the recent discussions of the British Medical Association on this matter and can find in them no reason for modifying the present policy of the Post Office, which was confirmed a few months ago after careful consideration in connection with the questions asked on 7th December last by my hon. Friend the Member for Eccles (Mr. Cary) and on 2nd February last by my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-on-Tyne, North (Sir N. Grattan-Doyle). The financial loss from the exclusion of advertisements of aids to hearing would be upwards of £3,000 a year.