§ 57. Mr. Hurdasked the Chancellor at the Exchequer how much Britain paid in 1946 for the 97,500,000 lbs. of dried eggs and 16,000,000 lbs. of frozen eggs purchased in the U.S.A.
§ The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Dalton)£31 million for dried eggs, and £1¼ million for frozen eggs.
§ Mr. HurdHas the Chancellor worked out for himself the economy of importing feeding stuffs for poultry farms rather than to continuing to import dried eggs?
§ Mr. DaltonI would be delighted if we could import more feeding stuffs and less dollar commodities of the kind mentioned But it is not so easy as that.