§ Commander Locker-Lampsonasked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether the recent cut of fo per cent. in electricity and 25 per cent. in gas applies to publications and their printing; and why printers of Government papers and city circulars bear this burden alone.
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Major Loyd GeorgeThe cuts in industrial consumption of electricity and gas are not being applied to the printing of newspapers. They are being applied to all other printing but, on application by the firms concerned, are relaxed to such extent as to enable the production of periodicals to be substantially maintained, and to safeguard essential Government printing.