HC Deb 18 January 1949 vol 460 cc8-9W
68. Lieut.-Colonel Lipton

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is yet in a position to make a statement about simplification in the licensing of paper.

Mr. H. Wilson

Yes. I am glad to be able to inform my hon. and gallant Friend that, as from 6th March (the begining of the next licence period) the licensing arrangements for, paper will be considerably simplified. As a result, paper for books, stationery, boxes, cartons, and many minor uses should be freely available without individual licences or quotas up to the full extent of the limits set by the supply position. Details of the changes are being sent to the trade today but, in brief, as from 6th March individual applications will no longer be necessary, and bulk licences will be given to paper makers and importers authorising them to deliver or convert any paper produced or imported by them, with certain specific exceptions. In these exceptional cases, the present practice of granting licences against individual applications will continue; the principal types of paper in this category are newsprint, wallpaper, sack kraft paper, insulating cable paper, grey felt paper, kraft liner board and other types of paper used for fibreboard packing cases or double backed corrugated board, and any paper used for the production of bags. Consideration is also being given to the position in respect of building boards.

The existing restrictions on mill production and import licence control over paper and board will continue, while the use of paper for newspapers, periodicals, advertising paper and football pools will still be restricted by the provisions of the Paper Control Orders. Price controls remain unaffected. I should add that, while the improvement in the supply position from non-dollar sources has enabled us to introduce these modifications, it will be necessary for the position to be kept under review and the need to maintain waste paper salvage at the highest possible level remains as great as ever.

EMIGRANTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TRAVELLING DIRECT BY SEA TO PLACES OUT OF EUROPE AND NOT WTTHIN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA
JANUARY, 1946-SEPTEMBER, 1948
In thousands
Future Permanent Residence Number of Emigrants Ages of British Emigrants from United Kingdom 1946 and 1947
1946 and 1947 January to September, 1948
British Alien British Alien
Canada 76 See Note (v) 26 See Note (v) Males:—
Australia 23 23 Under 18 years 33
New Zealand 12 5 18–29 21
British South Africa 37 26 30–44 29
India and Ceylon 21 3 Over 45 17
Other British Countries 41 16 Total 100
Females:—
Total, British Empire 210 2 99 See Note (v) Under 18 years 40
18–29 75
United States 68 5 14 30–44 46
Over 45 30
Other Foreign Countries 12 3 3 Total 191
Total 291 10 116 2 Total 291
(i) In 1946 and 1947 emigrants to Canada and Newfoundland are given under Canada; in 1948 emigrants to Newfoundland are included under "Other British Countries."
(ii) Figures for India in 1948 include emigrants to Pakistan.
(iii) Residence for a year or more is treated as permanent residence for the purpose of this classification.
(iv)As the figures are given to the nearest thousand, the totals are not in all cases equal to the sum of the components.
(v) The numbers of aliens emigrating to individual British countries overseas are not available; figures for aliens emigrating separately to the British Empire, United States and Other Foreign Countries are not shown for January-September, 1948, since this sub-division is only available at the end of the year.

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