§ 36. Mr. Platts-Millsasked the Minister of Food, in view of the fact that in 1938 imports amounted to 1,549,761 tons, why there have been no wheat imports from Australia during the years 1946 and 1947
§ Mr. StracheyLess wheat and flour was available for export from Australia in 1946 and 1947 than in 1938. Moreover, in the two later years Australia has exported most of her surplus in the form of flour to rice-eating territories, mainly British, which are short of rice. I am glad to say, however, that the first ships carrying wheat from the bountiful 1947 Australian harvest are already on their way to this country.