§ 62. Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenportasked the Minister of Food whether his attention has been called to a recent announcement by the Danish Minister of Agriculture that Denmark is in a position to increase her agricultural production and her export of foods to England provided that Britain is prepared to pay an economic price for the produce, having regard to the substantially greater price which Denmark must now pay for her imports from Britain and other countries; and what steps have been taken to meet reasonable Danish requirements in this respect.
§ Sir B. SmithI have seen a report of the statement by the Danish Minister of Agriculture. The prices paid under the agreement negotiated with the Danish government last autumn compare favourably with those paid to other exporting countries. In Denmark as in other countries the universal shortage of animal feeding stuffs is now the main factor limiting the production of bacon, meat and dairy produce