HC Deb 20 October 1995 vol 264 cc405-6W
Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions have taken place between the Home Office and the National Federation of Retail Newsagents and the British Retail Consortium on the positioning of theDaily Sport; and if he will place a copy of advice to newsagents in the Library. [38168]

Mr. Kirkhope

Officials have corresponded with the National Federation of Retail Newsagents and the British Retail Consortium about the display ofThe Sport newspapers. Following that correspondence, both organisations decided to recommend to their members that copies of The Sport newspapers should be displayed only on the "top shelf'. We understand that the NFRN has, however, delayed the issue of its recommendation pending further discussions with the publishers of The Sport newspapers.

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