HC Deb 07 February 1956 vol 548 c1489
22. Mr. Hunter

asked the President of the Hoard of Trade the approximate value of timed salmon from Canada and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the six months ended 31st December, 1955.

Mr. Low

The figures are £1,262,000 from Canada and £107,000 from the Soviet Union, but the main part of imports of canned salmon from the Soviet Union was received in the first half of the year, not the second.

Mr. Hunter

Is the Minister satisfied that there is a fair distribution of tinned salmon in the shops? 1 receive a large number of complaints from people that it is seldom seen in the shops.

Mr. Low

That is quite another question. The Question relates to the value of imports and does not even refer to the imports from Japan, which are quite considerable under the new trade agreement.