| Level | Item |
| Ref No | OBS/1/2/2/4/2/5 |
| Title | NPA Newsprint Committee |
| Date | 1976-1987 |
| Extent | 2 files |
| Creator Name | The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison |
| Description | Papers relating to the Newspaper Raw Materials Committee [later UK Newsprint Users Committee] and its subcommittees, set up [by the NPA] to protect the interests of newspaper publishers in the newsprint market. File 1 covers 1976-1981 and file two covers 1981-1987. File 1 covers 1976-1981. File 2 covers 1981-1987.
Records include:
- Memos, agendas, minutes, reports, questionnaires, correspondence and newspaper clipping involving the Newspaper Raw Materials Committee.
- Correspondence, memos and reports about newsprint prices.
- Questionnaires for newsprint consumption (1977-1987).
- Results of newsprint consumption questionnaires (1977-1987).
- Reports about newsprint imports in metric tonnes (1977-1986).
- Reports comparing the newsprint consumption of different countries (1980-1985).
- Correspondence with the Newspapers Raw Materials Committee regarding the ban on heavy lorries in London during nights and weekends (1981-1985).
- Newspaper clippings about paper price increases due to the rising pulp prices (1984).
- Correspondence between Newspaper Raw Materials Committee and the confederation of British Industry about whether or not there should be a change in the system of paying VAT on imports (1984).
- Correspondence regarding VAT and Duty-free quotas (197 -1984). |
| Access Status | Open(part) |
| Access Conditions | Subject to access restrictions in line with the Data Protection Act. |
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