§ 50. Major Anstruther-Grayasked the Secretary for Overseas Trade, as representing the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much has been spent over the last two years, on propaganda for the salvage of waste paper; at what date his Department became aware that the supply of waste paper exceeded demand; and whether money is still being spent in urging people to salvage waste paper for which there is no demand.
§ Mr. MackesonNo public money has been spent in the last two years on propaganda for the salvage of waste paper. The recent salvage drive was financed and run by the trade interests concerned.
I understand that it was early in March that it first became clear that a substantial surplus might arise and the Waste Paper Recovery Association immediately began to slow down on propaganda. It is still necessary to collect a substantial quantity of waste paper. In May the mills used some 70,000 tons.