HC Deb 12 December 1946 vol 431 cc261-2W
78. Mr. Grey

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that publishers have insufficient stocks of paper for reprints of the versions of the Bible adequate to meet the demands of Sunday school and chapel teaching; and if he will authorise a special allocation of paper for this purpose.

Sir S. Cripps

The regular paper quotas to book publishers, from which they are free to produce whatever books they choose, have been substantially increased over the last 18 months. In addition, it is open to any publisher who is unable to reprint a standard edition of the Bible from lack of paper to apply for a special allocation for this purpose from the Special Reserve. Such applications are very sympathetically considered.

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