§ Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will institute measures to prevent the exportation of waste paper and to encourage its recycled use in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe use of recycled waste paper is already being encouraged. However, the supply of waste paper currently exceeds home demand and in these circumstances exports help to sustain the waste paper collection system.
§ Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will consider measures to counter the present system of British timber being exported to Scandinavian countries which operate a high price pulp and low price paper policy against the British paper industry.
§ Mr. MacGregorIt would not be sensible to discourage exports of small roundwood because the supply currently exceeds home demand. The export contracts have been kept short term so as not to prejudice the longer term interests of wood processing activities in the United Kingdom.