§ 33. Colonel DAYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether any dairy produce of milk or cream imported from overseas is distributed in this country?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Sir Burton Chadwick)The answer consists of a table of figures which the hon. Member will perhaps agree to my circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Colonel DAYCan the hon. Gentle-man say whether any cream has been imported into this country from overseas?
§ Sir B. CHADWICKOh, yes, a considerable quantity.
§ Following is the reply:
§ Yes, Sir. The imports of fresh milk and fresh cream into Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the year 1926 were as follow:
| Commodity and Country whence consigned. | Quantity Imported. | Declared Value. |
| Cwts. | £ | |
| Freh Milk: | ||
| From | ||
| Foreign Countries | 184 | 279 |
| Irish Free State | 73,415 | 35,704 |
| Total Imports | 73,599 | 35,983 |
| Fresh Cream: | ||
| From | ||
| Norway | 2,779 | 16,531 |
| Denmark | 12,289 | 68,301 |
| Netherlands | 11,044 | 59,082 |
| France | 331 | 1,979 |
| Other Foreign Countries | 928 | 4,546 |
| Total Foreign Countries | 27,371 | 150,439 |
| From Irish Free State | 64,736 | 326,956 |
| Total Imports | 92,107 | 477,395 |
§ I would add that nearly all the milk recorded above as imported from the Irish Free State was received in Northern Ireland across the Land Boundary.