61. Mr. Rostron Duckworthasked the Minister of Agriculture whether the consumption of fish in value per head of the population shows any increase; and what proportion of such value is represented by the catches of British trawlers?
§ Mr. RamsbothamI have been asked to reply. My right hon. Friend regrets that he is not in a position to state the consumption per head in terms of value. In terms of weight, however, the consumption per head has increased from about 45 lbs. in 1933 to about 48 lbs. in 1936, showing an increase of about 6 per cent. Of this consumption approximately two-thirds were in each case brought in by British trawlers. The remaining third includes fish taken by British vessels by other methods of fishing, especially herrings, and fish landed by foreign vessels or imported from abroad.