42. Mr. Vaneasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what limits are set to the expenditure of dollars on the import of animal feeding stuffs; and how the total expenditure of dollars under this head has increased or decreased over recent years.
§ Mr. GodberPractically all animal feeding stuffs may be imported from dollar sources without restriction. Expenditure on such imports in the three calendar years 1954, 1955 and 1956 was about £41 million, £73 million and £67 million respectively, but the level of imports in 1954 was affected by the rundown of Government stocks at that time