HC Deb 22 January 1942 vol 377 c454W
Captain Bullock

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply whether he will consider the appointment of some responsible person to see that books and magazines will not be pulped for salvage when they are in good condition and suitable for reading by the Forces, as the campaign for indiscriminate pulping of books and magazines is doing harm to the collections that are being made for sick and wounded at home and overseas, such as that of the British Red Cross and Order of St. John, which has collected and distributed over a million books and magazines since the beginning of the war?

Mr. Harold Macmillan

I fully appreciate the point raised by my hon. and gallant Friend. We now have under consideration a scheme which, while appealing to owners of books to give them up for salvage, would provide for the selection by competent persons of such books and magazines as are suitable for reading by the Forces.

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