§ Mr. Priceasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that half-page advertisement rates in the Telephone Directory have risen from £14 per annum in 1940 to £48 to-day; and whether he can give the reason for so large an increase.
§ Mr. PeakeThe figures which the hon. Member quotes are not representative but are believed to refer to one special case in the Birmingham Classified Directory, on which I am sending him a full explanation.