§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Fuel and Power under what regulation and with what legal sanction the publication of some 500 periodicals was recently forbidden: and what consultation took place with the Ministry of Health before the suspension of medical journals; and what was the estimated and the actual saving of fuel achieved.
§ Mr. ShinwellThe suspension of publication of weekly newspapers was not the subject of any statutory order. It was secured by an instruction issued after consultation with bodies representing major interests in the newspaper and periodical Press. In the circumstances it was not possible to give exceptional treatment to any kind of periodical and there was therefore no ground for consultation with the Ministry of Health regarding medical journals. No estimate of the saving of fuel achieved can be given.