§ Mr. Molsonasked the President of the Board of Trade what decision he has reached regarding the allocation of newsprint to national and provincial daily newspapers and to weekly newspapers, respectively; and whether this amounts to a discrimination against weeklies.
§ Sir S. CrippsAs from 17th March newspapers are divided broadly into two classes for purposes of paper rationing: (1) those selling at less than 2d. which are allowed up to five pages, except in the case of weeklies, which are allowed six pages; (2) those selling at 2d. or more, which are allowed eight pages. All newspapers (other than sporting papers) are allowed sufficient paper to cover all the copies they sell. On this basis weekly newspapers generally receive a higher proportion of their prewar consumption than the daily papers.