HC Deb 09 March 1950 vol 472 c7W
54. Mr. G. Jeger

asked the Lord President of the Council what further steps he is taking to encourage the setting up of a Press Council by the profession itself.

56. Mr. Driberg

asked the Lord President of the Council what steps have been taken to encourage the implementation of the recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Press that a Press Council should be set up on a voluntary basis.

Mr. H. Morrison

I am glad to be able to tell the House that I have been informed by the Councils of the Newspaper Proprietors Association and the Newspaper Society that draft proposals for the formation of a Council of the Press have now been prepared, and are under examination by the two bodies.