20 FEBRUARY 1942, Page 4

The effect of the paper-shortage on the reporting of Parliament

is distressing. On Tuesday a debate on broadcasting, calculated to interest keenly every man and woman in the country (and many children) took place in the House of Commons. The report occupies 594 columns of Hansard. All The Times could give its readers—and of course The Times is not to be blamed in the circumstances—was some 44 inches in almost illegibly microscopic print. Mr. Thurtle's opening speech was packed with interest- ing statistics, and most of the rest were critical and constructive, particularly on the subject of broadcasts to occupied Europe and foreign countries generally. M.P.s' likes and dislikes are in-

structive.

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