§ 26. Air-Commodore Harveyasked the President of the Board of Trade what profit the Government have made during the past 12 months over the purchase and resale of wood pulp for paper, including newsprint.
§ Mr. H. WilsonI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Holborn (Mr. Max Aitken) on 10th February.
§ Air-Commodore HarveyWhy cannot the right hon. Gentleman give these facts to the House? If he is making a profit. will he undertake to apply that profit to the reduction of the price of newsprint in the future?
§ Mr. WilsonBecause, as I told the hon. Member for Holborn, the accounts for 1947–48 are in course of preparation, they will be published very shortly and will be fully available to the House.