Waste Paper Collection

HC Deb 27 March 1947 vol 435 c1394

72. Mr. John Morrison

asked the President of the Board of Trade why the collection of waste paper has fallen by half since 1942.

Sir S. Cripps

The decline in waste paper collection has been due principally to the non-recurring nature of wartime collections of books and records, to labour and transport difficulties of local authorities and in some degree to public apathy. As I explained to my hon. Friend the Member for West Leicester (Mr. Janner) on 24th March an inter-Departmental Committee has been set up to consider what steps can be taken to improve collections.

Mr. De la Bère

Does not the right hon. Gentleman think that there will be a substantial increase in the waste paper collection when the 600 Socialist newspapers get going?