§ 89. Mr. Parkerasked the Secretary for Overseas Trade, as representing the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether he will allow exporters of paper goods to get all imported paper required to fulfil overseas orders, together with a bonus of extra tonnage for home consumption, based on export results, by means of a similar scheme to that operating in 1947.
§ Mr. HopkinsonNo. No such bonus scheme has been operated by the Paper 9W Control in the past. My noble Friend expects exporters of paper goods to make the fullest possible use of their existing import quotas together with supplies of home-produced paper, which are available without restriction, for the fulfilment of export and defence orders.
Where there is difficulty in obtaining supplies of home-produced paper the Paper Priority Section of the Ministry of Materials will try to help. In cases where supplies from all sources are insufficient to enable an exporter to meet all export orders an application by him to import the balance of paper required for meeting export orders only will be considered on its merits.