37. Mr. Baker Whiteasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the number of agricultural and market garden tractors exported in the first nine months of 1946.
§ Mr. MarquandEight thousand seven hundred and ninty-nine agricultural and market garden tractors were exported in the first nine months of this year.
Mr. Baker WhiteIn view of the very considerable number disclosed in the answer, will the Minister consider revising the figures given to export and the home market, in view of the acute shortage on our own farms?
§ Mr. MarquandThe percentage is very carefully calculated in consultation with the Minister of Agriculture, and all hon. Members, surely, are aware that the sending abroad of this kind of agricultural machinery usually results in an increased production, thus relieving the world shortage of food.