Algerian Wine (Hansard, 2 May 1949)

§ 24. Mr. Hollis
asked the Minister of Food how much Algerian wine has been Withdrawn from bond since 5th April, 1949.

§ Dr. Summerskill
No figures of withdrawals of wines from bond since 5th April, 1949, are available.

§ Mr. Hollis
Does that reply mean that they are unknown, or that it is not in the public interest to give them?

§ Dr. Summerskill
If the hon. Gentleman had a little more information on the subject, he would know that the figures are published in the Trade and Navigation Returns in the following month.

Mr. Norman Smith
Is it not a fact that Algerian wine is good only for salad dressing?

§ Dr. Summerskill
I am prepared to try it.

§ Lieut.-Colonel Sir Thomas Moore
As the right hon. Lady has not been able to answer a previous question, could she perhaps tell us how much of this wine was actually drunk and with what result?