HC Deb 20 December 1944 vol 406 c1805W
Mr. Price

asked 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. Peake

The 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.