§ Mr. Gledhillasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the limitation of paper supplies to one-third of normal is applicable to all Government Departments?
§ Captain CrookshankAs I said in my reply to the hon. Member for East Middlesbrough (Mr. A. Edwards) on 3rd July, it would not be practicable in view of the increasing activities of Departments directly engaged on the war effort to adopt a rationing system on the lines suggested. I can assure the hon. Member, however, that the paper requirements of Departments are being specially scrutinised with the object of securing the maximum possible reduction in all cases.