§ Mr. WATTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the raw material wood pulp is prohibited as an import into this country from Sweden, while paper is being imported in large quantities from that country; and, if so, will he say why this has been done in the face of the fact that paper-makers in Britain are working short time?
Mr. RUNCIMANImport of both paper-making materials and paper from all sources are at present restricted to two-thirds of the quantities imported in 1914. The licences issued by the Paper Commission do not prescribe the country from which the imports are to be derived, but exports of chemical pulp from Sweden have been prohibited by the Swedish Government.