HC Deb 16 November 1949 vol 469 cc212-3W
67. Sir R. Glyn

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what restrictions have been placed on the size and form of the reports and accounts of the various nationalised undertakings; and what representations have been received from the boards proposing a different method of presentation.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

The National Coal Board and the British Transport Commission originally proposed that their reports and accounts should be published in a form different from the normal form of House of Commons papers. When they were made aware of the restrictions normally imposed on Parliamentary papers they agreed to conform and no further representations have been received. The restrictions concerned were that the size of the page should be Royal octavo, that the title page should be in the customary formal style, and that the covers, if any, should be either in the normal wedgwood blue or cream cartridge paper.