§ Sir R. Glynasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will make inquiries as to the practice in depots and establishments to burn waste paper in incinerators in view of the fact that the Ministry of Supply are urging the salvage of this material; whether such material as steel strips, wire, wood and other packing material are sorted and salved; and whether he will see that establishments under his control should set an example and recover all material that can possibly be used again?
§ Captain MargessonInstructions have been issued that, wherever possible, paper should be collected and brought to the nearest salvage transit centre, where it is sorted into categories and returned to the paper mills. Special machines are used for the destruction and conversion into pulp(of secret papers, but my hon. Friend will appreciate that the purchase of such a machine would not be justified at establishments where the amount of paper used is small, and in such cases secret papers may have to be burnt. As regards the last two parts of the Question, I propose to send my hon. Friend full particulars of 716W the materials salved by Army establishments during the 12 months ended 28th February, 1941. The money value of these materials was approximately £444,000.