§ Mr. W. H. Greenasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that delay is being experienced by business people in securing copies of various orders being issued by his Department; and, in the event of such orders becoming operative before copies of the same are obtainable, will he allow a time lag between the making of such order and the liability of the trader for not carrying it out?
§ Mr. W. H. Greenasked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that delay is being experienced by business people in securing copies of various orders being issued by his Department, and in the event of such orders becoming operative before copies of same are obtainable, will he allow a time lag between the making of such order and the liability of the trader for not carrying it out?
§ Mr. StanleyEvery effort is made to ensure that copies of the unavoidably numerous orders issued by my Depart- 1503W ment at the present time become available to the public without delay. Notice of such orders is given to the Press, and in appropriate cases also to the B.B.C., simultaneously with their issue. I am afraid that I could not make a rule as suggested in the last part of the question, since this might sometimes facilitate evasion of the objects of the orders.