HC Deb 24 November 1948 vol 458 c125W
Lieut.-Colonel Bromley - Davenport

asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the quantity of paper required annually in this country for book publishing, magazines, including weeklies, and newspapers, respectively.

Mr. H. Wilson

It is not possible to estimate the amount of paper which could be used at the present time if supplies were freely available; the approximate quantities used annually before the war for newspapers (including weekly newspapers), periodicals and books were respectively 1,110,000 tons, 300,000 tons and 63,000 tons.