§ Earl DE LA WARRMy Lords, I beg to ask the question standing in my name.
§ [The question was as follows:
§ To ask His Majesty's Government what quantities of (i) linseed and (ii) wheat have been imported during the 1007 last three months; from what countries they have come, and what was the cost delivered to main ports of each purchase?]
§ Lord HENDERSONMy Lords, during the three months to the end of February, 1947, 6,426 tons of linseed were imported from India at an average landed price of £53 per ton; 726,523 tons of wheat from Canada at an average landed cost of £20 per ton, under the terms of the wheat agreement already announced to Parliament; and 97,261 tons of wheat from the United States, for which a comparable figure is not available, as some of the cargoes were received in replacement of wheat loaned by the United Kingdom to needy countries and the price of the replacement wheat has not yet been agreed with the United States of America Government.
§ Earl DE LA WARRMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord for that reply. I have no doubt that if I put down a question a little later the noble Lord will be able to give us the price of the American wheat when it has been ascertained.