asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will issue an order to all Government Departments to conduct correspondence on both sides of the paper and to make use of incoming envelopes for outgoing correspondence, in order that an example may be set to business houses and private persons?

Instructions have already been given for the use of both sides of the paper, and for the re-use of envelopes interdepartmentally. Special labels to enable ordinary incoming envelopes to be re-used are being printed and will shortly be issued to Departments.

Will the right hon. and gallant Gentleman also consider the question of carbon copies of letters many pages of which only consist of one or two lines but occupy a separate sheet of paper?

Yes, Sir, I will consider that, but that is another question.