HC Deb 03 August 1939 vol 350 c2648W
Lieut.-Commander Fletcher

asked the Home Secretary whether the Commissioner of Police imposes any limit with regard to the number of cards which he is prepared to issue to representatives of the main newsreel companies to take films of State and public events; if such cards are also freely available to private persons or minor companies for the same purpose; and whether he will arrange that in future the Commissioner shall not issue cards to the representatives of any companies without taking appropriate steps to discriminate between companies which are prepared to make their films generally available and those which impose restrictions on their distribution?

Sir S. Hoare

I would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the answers given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to questions by my hon. Friend the Member for Swindon (Mr. Wakefield) on 24th and 31st July.

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