§ Sir A. Wilsonasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that Messrs. W. H. Smith & Sons, Limited, distribute on sale or return, through railway bookstalls, copies of "Peace News," including advice for objectors; and whether he will consider, in communication with the Minister of Transport, the issue of Defence Regulations which will enable Messrs. W. H. Smith & Sons, and other newsagents, to exercise in the public interest, notwithstanding the terms of their contracts with railway companies, discretion as to the printed matter which they distribute as agents?
§ Sir J. AndersonSo far as I am aware, the usual licence granted by a railway company to a newsagent does not limit the discretion of the newsagent to refuse to supply any particular publication, but in any event I could not regard a regulation on this subject as necessary for the purpose of the Defence of the Realm.