HC Deb 21 March 1927 vol 204 cc16-7
33. Colonel DAY

asked 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 DAY

Can the hon. Gentle-man say whether any cream has been imported into this country from overseas?

Sir B. CHADWICK

Oh, 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.