HC Deb 24 February 1949 vol 461 cc322-3W
82. Mr. Hurd

asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the average price at which the British Government is buying pulp for newsprint at the present time; what profit is taken on resale to the mills; and what is the justification for this margin.

Mr. H. Wilson

Woodpulp is not purchased specifically for newsprint but for the production of all the descriptions of paper in which such pulp is used. Our selling prices are fixed from time to time at levels which should enable us to dispose of our stocks without loss.