§ 35. Mr. Rentonasked the Minister of Food how many tons of plums will have been imported from abroad during the months of July and August.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeImports of plums are arranged by private trade and I am unable to estimate the quantities likely to be imported. On balance of payments grounds, a quota of £170,000 has been announced for imports for the period 1st June to 31st December, 1952, as compared with imports of £617,000 in the same period last year.
§ Mr. RentonIs the Minister aware that this answer will be welcomed by the growers as well as the consumers, by the growers because they have such a large crop of which to dispose, and by the consumers because they will be in a position to take advantage of the large crop as this gives it a better chance of being picked?