HC Deb 12 June 1940 vol 361 cc1271-2W
Sir R. Young

asked the Postmaster-General whether church magazines, such as the "Sentinel," issued by the Church of England, are regarded in all cases as newspapers for postage purposes; whether a printed addition inserted, giving information regarding the work of a diocese and of the work of a church circulating such a magazine, is, or is not, so regarded; and whether he will give the reasons for not regarding such magazines as newspapers, and subject to newspaper rate of postage?

Mr. W. S. Morrison

To be eligible for registration as a newspaper for transmission at the inland newspaper rate a publication must, under the provisions of the Post Office Act, 1908, be issued at intervals of not more than seven days. Church magazines which are published monthly, such as the "Sentinel," cannot therefore be registered as newspapers at the General Post Office, whether or not they contain a printed insertion of the kind referred to.