Mr. LEVERTON HARRISasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the average price of foreign wheat, respectively, in London and Paris for the year 1909; and whether he could say what proportion of the Paris price represents the extra cost of carriage of foreign wheat from the seaboard to Paris, and what proportion represented the import duty of 12s. 2d. a quarter?
Mr. BUXTONIn the official returns of wheat prices at Paris, as published by the French Ministry of Agriculture, no distinction is made between native and foreign wheat. The proportion of foreign to home-grown wheat is, as the hon. Member is aware, insignificant. I regret, therefore, that I am unable to furnish the hon. Member with the information he desires.
Mr. LEVERTON HARRISCan the right hon. Gentleman tell us the comparative prices of foreign or home grown?