HC Deb 24 March 1949 vol 463 c530
5. Mr. Hurd

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many licences to export onions have been granted since 1st January.

Mr. H. Wilson

Three applications have been received and the relative licences have been issued.

Mr. Hurd

Could the President of the Board of Trade say which countries are now buying our onions, and whether they are onions grown in this country or imported from the Netherlands?

Mr. Wilson

I think, though I should wish to check it, that they were grown in this country, but one application was for the export of fresh onions to Eire, and the two applications for dried onions were to Iraq and Kenya, respectively.