§ 80. Sir WILLIAM DAVISONasked the Minister of Food under what circumstances the export of bacon from Ireland to Great Britain is still prohibited?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of FOOD (Mr. McCurdy)The export of bacon from Ireland to Great Britain is prohibited except under licences issued by the Food Control Committee for Ireland. The object of the prohibition is to ensure that sufficient bacon is available for the Irish home trade, and so far as is consistent with the achievement of that object export licences are being freely issued, except in the case of some curers who have never been in the habit of exporting bacon, and of a few others who have committed breaches of the existing Regulations.
Sir F. HALLHas the question of the prohibition of Irish bacon anything to do with the large stocks of American bacon of inferior quality that the Government have in hand at the present time?
§ Mr. McCURDYNo, Sir.