§ Sir J. HARMOOD-BANNERasked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that millions of tons of paper-making material are available in the bogs and peat-mosses of the United Kingdom, but that the cost of conversion under known processes is declared by experts to be prohibitive; and whether, in view of present needs, he will recommend the offer for a reward on the part of the Government for the discovery of a cheap process of conversion, to be placed at the disposal of the nation?
Mr. ROBERTSAny invention by which paper-making material could be produced cheaply in present circumstances from the source to which the hon. Baronet refers could hardly fail to prove remunerative, and I do not think there is any necessity to offer a special reward in order to stimulate inventive talent.