HC Deb 15 July 1947 vol 440 cc23-4W
64. Mr. Gallacher

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that much-needed dollars and paper have been expended in the publication in this country of 250,000 copies of the American book "Forever Amber"; whether he will take steps to see that such useless dollar expenditure is made impossible in future; and whether he will withhold paper allocations for such purposes and divert it instead to such necessary publications as school text-books.

Mr. Belcher

Publishers are required to employ at least a quarter of their paper quota for educational books or books for export, but I do not think it desirable that the Government should use the paper control to censor their use of the remainder.