HC Deb 27 March 1956 vol 550 c1949
14. Mr. Hurd

asked the President of the Board of Trade the amount and value of the exports of English wheat for seed made to France in the past three months.

Mr. Low

I regret that the information is not available. Exports of wheat for seed are not separately distinguished in the Trade Returns.

Mr. Hurd

Can my right hon. Friend help us by giving us the figures for wheat as a whole? Will he also tell us whether the full market price has been paid for the seed wheat sent to France, as he will remember that we had considerable difficulty over the importation here of subsidised French wheat last autumn?

Mr. Low

I cannot answer either of those questions without notice, and I do not think that the second one is for me. It is a question for the trade.