§ 68. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Sunday Times has recently increased its price because of increased costs for newsprint due to devaluation; and whether, as this newspaper has signed contracts to expend £100,000 for political memoirs and on Sunday, 17th March published an article for which it paid £5,000, he will refer to the National Board for Prices and Incomes the reasonableness of the prices charged to newspapers for such articles.
§ Mr. DarlingIn reply to the first part of the Question, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Orpington (Mr. Lubbock) on 8th March. Amounts that may have been paid to contributors are outside my knowledge; they result from individually-negotiated contracts and I do not think it would be appropriate to refer them to the National Board for Prices and Incomes.—[Vol. 760, c. 173.]