§ Mr. Beswickasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) to what publishers, and in respect of what new publications, licences have been granted under the Control of Paper No. 70 Order, since present regulations regarding new publications came into force;
(2) If he will specify the exceptional circumstances which must obtain before a licence under the Control of Paper No. 70 Order is granted for the publication of a new periodical.
§ Mr. H. WilsonApplications for licences are considered on their merits but no licence is given where the field is already covered by existing journals; in other cases, the views of the Department concerned with the subject matter of the proposed publication are obtained and licences may be granted on their advice, where the proposed publication would fulfil a function which is necessary to the successful implementation of that Department's work and would not involve the issue of further licences to subsequent applicants in the same or associated fields.
I append a list of the licences which have been issued authorising the publicacation of new newspapers and periodicals using more than 8 cwt. of paper in 4 months since the Control of Paper (No. 70) Order came into force in November, 1945.
Name of Publication and Publisher
"Abstracts of World Medicine," Abstracts of World Surgery and Gynæcology": British Medical Association.
"Current Affairs," "Map Review": Bureau of Current Affairs.
"Science Comment": British Council.
"Rubber Statistical Bulletin": London Rubber Secretariat.
"Betro Review": British Export Trade Organisation.
"Brezk-Islinck Vidskifti": British Icelandic Trade Press.
"Pegasus Journal": Gale and Polden Limited.
"British Journal of Applied Science": Butterworth and Company.
"American Outlook": British American Outlook Limited.
447W"R.E.M.E. Journal": R.E.M.E. Magazine.
"Look and Listen": Mr. P. Pound.
"Christian Renewal": Renewal Press Limited.
"Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England": Royal College of Surgeons.
"Chiao Sheng Pao" (Daily Newspaper): Voice of the Overseas Chinese.
"Information Bulletin": National Union of Mineworkers.
"Coal": National Coal Board.