§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give a list of the members of the Book Selection Committee of the Control Office for Germany and Austria; and upon what principle British books are banned from admission to zones under that control.
§ Mr. J. HyndThe members of the committee are Miss Elizabeth Bowen, Mr. Gerrard Hopkins, Dr. R. B. Jones, Me. Alan Pryce-Jones, Mr. Goronwy Rees and Mr. Michael Sadleir. There is no ban on the admission of British books into our 267W zones of Germany and Austria. The absence of a public parcel post and the provisions of the Trading with the Enemy Act mean, however, that the only books available in practice are those supplied under arrangements made by the Control Office, and, in the case of Austria, by the British Council. Most of these are published in translation in the zones concerned. The number of books which it is possible to supply is at present severely restricted owing to production difficulties, and the function of the Book Committee is to advise me on the best use of the limited resources available.
§ Mr. Byersasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is the allocation of paper to the British zone in Germany for the printing of text books for use in schools.
§ Mr. J. HyndDuring the last six months 1,678 tons of paper have been allocated in the British zone of Germany for the printing of school text books, but production difficulties have prevented the allocation from being met in full
§ Mr. Byersasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the titles and authors 268W of the books which have been passed for publication in the British zone of Germany indicating those which have actually been published.
§ Mr. J. HyndThe list is long, comprising 62 English and 875 German books. I am therefore sending the hon Member the complete list of English books and a representative list of the German books. So far, 439 of the German books have been published. The first of the English books should appear in the near future.