§ 69. Mr. HALL-CAINEasked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the state of emergency now existing with regard to the inadequate prices for livestock in this country, he will make arrangements to call an early conference of producers in this country and the marketing Dominions with the object of deciding what further steps are necessary to deal with the situation?
§ Mr. ELLIOTNo. Sir. My hon. Friend will appreciate that His Majesty's Government could not take steps to get in touch direct with Dominion producers. Such approach could only be made
| Estimated average per caput consumption of liquid milk in certain countries | ||||||
| Country. | Year. | Estimated consumption per head. | ||||
| Per day. | Per annum. | |||||
| Pints. | Gallons. | |||||
| (a) | Great Britain | … | … | 1931 | . 33 to . 4 | 15. 1 to 18. 3 |
| (b) | Sweden | … | … | 1924 | 1. 48 | 67. 5 |
| (c) | Canada | … | … | 1922 | . 6 | 27. 3 |
| (b) | United States of America | … | … | 1925 | 1. 0 | 45. 6 |
| (c) | 1926 | 1. 2 | 55. 3 | |||
| (b) | Germany (Berlin) | … | … | 1923 | . 30 | 13. 7 |
| (b) | France | … | … | 1924 | . 33 | 15. 1 |
| (c) | Italy | … | … | 1913 | . 1 | 4. 2 |
| (a) From the report of the Reorganisation Commission for Milk (Ministry's Economic Series No. 38), paragraph 27, pages 33-35 of which deal with the consumption of liquid milk in Great Britain. | ||||||
| (b) From estimates published in the report on the Fluid Milk Market in England and Wales (Ministry's Economic Series No. 16, page 131). | ||||||
| (c) From estimates published in "A Handbook of Dairy Statistics"(U.S. Department of Agriculture), 1928. |