Newsprint (Imports and Supplies)

HC Deb 25 March 1948 vol 448 c352W

61. Mr. Rankin

asked the President of the Board of Trade what weight of Canadian and Newfoundland newsprint is to be imported in the second six months of this year.

Mr. H. Wilson

It is estimated that imports of Canadian and Newfoundland newsprint during the second half of the year will amount to 52,500 tons.

68. Colonel Ropner

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a statement with regard to the possibility of increasing the allocation of newsprint for newspapers.

Mr. H. Wilson

I hope that, as a result of the present energetic salvage campaign, we shall be able to maintain the supplies of newsprint to newspapers at the present level, but I see no prospect of any increase in the near future.