§ 144 .Mr. Osborneasked the Assistant Postmaster-General what steps are being taken to ensure that adequate newsreel footage is offered through the British Information Services to U.S newsreel companies; and how far is a reduction of this service proposed as a consequence of the British Information Services grant being reduced.
§ Mr. BurkeThe Ministry of Information does not compete with newsreel companies in the coverage of British items for the American newsreels. It has, however, always been the practice to send special items, not covered by the commercial newsreels, to the British Information Services in the United States for204W distribution by them and this will continue. With regard to the second part of the Question, no reduction is propose.