§ 88 and 89. Dame Irene Wardasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) who will compose the delegation to Stockholm in July, to discuss the Berne Convention;
(2) if he will give an assurance that the British delegation to Stockholm will be fully representative of production interests such as authors, publishers, musicians, Equity, and not over-weighted with consumer interests, and that British standards will be adequately protected.
§ Mr. DarlingThe delegation will be led by the head of the Industrial Property and Copyright Department of the Board of Trade, and will include other officials from the Board of Trade and the Foreign Office, with three representatives of the private interests most affected: that is, authors, broadcasters and film makers. It will be instructed to do its best to ensure that the rights now enjoyed by authors of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works and by performers under the British system are fully protected.