Mr. FOOT MITCHELLasked the Minister of Agriculture if he will give the imports of live animals far food into this country in 1913 and in each of the years from 1921 to 1925, respectively?
Mr. GUINNESSThe following table shows the imports of live animals for food into Great Britain and the whole of Ireland for the undermentioned years:
— Cattle. Sheep. Pigs. 1913* … 14,743 501 — 1921 … 66,674 10,704 — 1922 … 49,557 — — 1923 … 61,949 7,001 — 1924 … 78,584 4,250 — 1925† … 112,024 — — *The figures for 1913 include a few animals for breeding, which were then not separately distinguished. †The figures for 1925 are subject to slight amendment.