§ Mr. SCANLANasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he has received protests from Ireland against the Order of his Department prohibiting the importation of maize into Ireland; whether his attention has been directed to the statement of the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) on the 15th instant that, as the poorest people in Ireland are dependent on maize as a food, it was unthinkable that their food should be stopped short on the 31st March; and whether, owing to the menace to the supply of human food as well as food for pigs and cattle, and the dislocation of trade produced by the Order, he can now give an assurance that the Order will be withdrawn?
§ Mr. CLYNESNo Order has been issued prohibiting the import of maize into Ireland. The policy of the Department is to allot for human, consumption the maximum quantity of maize available.