§ 56. Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the President of the Board of Trade, in view of the fact that the Exchange Telegraph News Agency has announced its intention to close its home and Parliamentary news services at the end of this year, with the result that the only remaining major news agency in the field will be left in a monopoly position, if he will refer the news service industry to the Monopolies Commission.
§ 57. Sir G. de Freitasasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the danger of monopoly in some fields of news reporting; and whether he will refer the news service industry to the Monopolies Commission.
§ Mr. JayI am not satisfied that this is an appropriate case for reference to the Monopolies Commission. But I am making further inquiries to ascertain how far the facilities available to the public will be affected.