HC Deb 25 July 1940 vol 363 c988W
Sir T. Moore

asked the Minister of Supply whether he can give an assurance that in the limitation of paper supplies due regard will be had for the relative importance of various publications, and that reasonable preference will be given to the requirements of those publishing educational, scientific and technical journals and books?

Mr. Harold Macmillan

While my right hon. Friend cannot accept the responsibility for introducing in the allocation of the limited supplies of paper anything which might savour of a censorship, I can assure my hon. and gallant Friend that due regard will be had to the provision of reasonable amounts of paper for educational, scientific and technical publications.