§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister without Portfolio whether he is aware that the official brief Report, asserted to contain all that anyone needs to know about the Beveridge Report, while giving publicity to the benefits promised, suppresses certain restrictive regulations included in the full Report; and whether, as this will mislead the public, who would see the brief Report but not the more expensive full Report, he will issue an amending statement indicating particularly the suppressed passages, with publicity comparable with that accorded to the brief Report.
§ Sir W. JowittThe brief Report was issued in December, 1942, in view of the public demand for a shorter and cheaper edition of the full Report, and it carried no assertion in the sense suggested by my hon. Friend. It indicated plainly which of the paragraphs of the full Report had been omitted and, in general, stated very briefly the ground covered by them. The object of the brief Report would have been defeated had the contents of the omitted paragraphs been embodied with greater particularity. I do not think that there is any ground at this date for the issue of a further version of the Report.