HC Deb 01 August 1939 vol 350 c2197W
Lieut-Commander Fletcher

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the expressed desire of His Majesty's Government to arrange for the wider distribution of news-films, he will consider the desirability of setting up an inquiry into the adequacy of present production arrangements of the British news-reel film companies; and also arrange for an inquiry to be made into the desirability of removing all existing restrictions which are imposed by those companies on the distribution of their films?

Mr. Stanley

I see no reason to call in question the arrangements made by the existing companies for the production of newsreel films, and I have no power to intervene in their arrangements for distribution.