§ 108. Mr. Proctorasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will devise a new method of allocating any extra newsprint which becomes available; and give consideration to applicants for newsprint who had no allocation in 1939.
§ 129. Mr. W. J. Brownasked the President of the Board of Trade whether with a view to diminishing the alleged tendency to monopoly in the public Press, he will remove the existing restrictions which prevent the starting of new newspaper enterprises, especially in districts where existing local newspapers are exclusively of one political shade.
§ 131 and 132. Mr. Kendallasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he will relax the restriction on advertisements in respect of local newspapers started since 1940, so as to enable them to devote the same proportion of space to advertising as papers already existing in 1940 are able to do;
(2) whether, in considering possible relaxations in the severity in the control of the issue of newsprint, he will have regard to the desirability of making such concessions as will enable new publications to bo started which will stand or fall on their own merits.
§ Sir S. CrippsThe basis of allocation is now under review, but I am not yet able to make any statement.
§ 110 Sir J. Lucasasked the President of the Board of Trade if, in view of the 93W recent loan agreement with the U.S.A., he is now in a position to increase the supply of newsprint.
§ 132. Mr. Kendallasked the President of the Board of Trade when he anticipates being able to make a statement on the question of making available increased supplies of newsprint.
§ Sir S. CrippsI would refer the hon. Members to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Upton (Mr. A. Lewis) on Monday last.