Press is Democracy's Raw Material
Mr Clement Davies (Lab.) charged the Government with unduly discriminating against one industry. It would be impossible, he said ? for the Press to fulfil its proper functions. A Conservative member interjected: •“ That is the idea S’ ' Mr Davies said the Press was, Democracy’s raw material, but the present newsprint allowance, which was only'one-third of the pre-war consumption, w ( as to be cut by a further 25 per cent!. The 1 Government could not melt the j serious situation with “fiddling ideas of this kind.” Mr Hadyn Davies (Lab.) said that
on July 21 British newspapers would be the world’s smallest. The newspapers were facing their biggest-crisis. Journalists. were extremely concerned. He had received telegrams from many branches of their, union. The big combines could look after themselves, but he was very concerned about the small independent newspapers. These would go to the wall. They could not possibly keep going. ■ : The Opposition at the end of- the debate. challenged the Government on a motion for adjournment, but the Government won by 334 votes to ,113, About 25 Labour members abstained from voting. Mr. Skeffington-LodgO (Lab.) voted against the Government.
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Evening Star, Issue 26156, 18 July 1947, Page 5
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193Press is Democracy's Raw Material Evening Star, Issue 26156, 18 July 1947, Page 5
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