§ 42. Mr. WRIGHTasked the. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether the average price paid for cattle at Irish fairs and markets for export to England and Scotland for killing was, in February, 1918, 77s. per cwt. live-weight for 19,510 animals, in March, 1918, 83s. 2d. per cwt. live-weight for 25,348 animals, in April (one week), 87s. 6d. per cwt. live-weight for 4,181 animals, and by whom was the loss, consisting of the difference between the above average prices and the prices fixed by the Food Controller in Eng land, borne; and what was the amount?
§ Mr. CLYNESThe figures given in the first part of the question are believed to be correct. Any losses resulting from transactions of the kind referred to would 987 be borne by the purchasers of the cattle, and it is impossible for me to say what those losses were.