HC Deb 04 November 1948 vol 457 c121W
Mr. Hollis

asked the President of the Board of Trade under what circumstances a special quota of paper is granted to publishers, who had no prewar paper, but who had been in business for two years

Mr. H. Wilson

Applications are considered by the Board of Trade for the establishment of small quotas of paper for hook publishers to whom paper has not previously been licensed provided they are satisfied that the application is abona fide one. Among the tests at present applied is whether the applicants have been operating for a reasonable length of time, such as over the immediately preceding two years, with paper drawn from printers' stocks for the supply of which no licence is necessary and can therefore claim to have experience as publishers.