HC Deb 25 July 1955 vol 544 cc795-6
7. Mr. Hurd

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much home-grown wheat of the 1954 crop has been purchased by flour millers in comparison with the amount so used from the 1953 crop; and if he is satisfied that farmers have readily through the year been able to find a market for all the sound wheat offered for sale.

Mr. Amory

Flour millers purchased 1.378,000 tons of home-grown wheat of the 1954 crop and 1,644,000 tons from the 1953 crop. The answer to the second part of the Question is "Yes, Sir."

Mr. Willey

Can the Minister say how much home-grown grain was dumped abroad and at what cost to the Treasury?

Mr. Amory

No, I certainly cannot. I do not think that that arises from this Question.