HC Deb 08 July 1948 vol 453 c47W
Mr. Amory

asked the President of the Board of Trade on what basis allocations of paper are made to individual daily papers.

Mr. H. Wilson

Allocations of paper are made to individual daily newspapers in accordance with a scheme prepared by a rationing committee of the newspaper publishers and approved by the Board of Trade. The present allocations in any four weeks' rationing period are equal to the permitted consumption during the four weeks 1st-28th June, 1947, reduced by the equivalent of one page per issue.