§ Mr. Naylorasked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that a trade circular giving a review of the oil-seed, oil and cake markets for 1942, an elaborately produced quarto of 68 pages, on high-grade paper, with cover, containing a number of blank pages and charts, has been sent to Members of Parliament by Messrs. Frank Fehr and Company, Holland House, Bury Street, W., at a postage cost of 4d.; whether authority was given for issuing the circular; and whether, in view of the inconvenience to which the House of Commons is put to secure minor economies in the use of paper and manpower, he will prevent repeated publication of the circular, at a probable loss to the Exchequer in Excess Profits Tax, next year, as contemplated by the publishers?
§ Sir A. DuncanNo authority was given by the Ministry of Supply in connection with the issue of this review, and the paper was, I understand, obtained 1027W from the printer's stock. In so far as it can be held to be an advertising circular relating to or in connection with the acquisition or disposal of any goods, its gratuitous distribution is prohibited under the Control of Paper Orders, and this aspect of the matter is being taken up with the publishers.