§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Minister of Agriculture the amount of bread consumed annually per head of the 1745W population in each of the countries for which such information is available, including Great Britain?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMI have been asked to reply. The information available with reference to the production of bread in this country, particularly of bread not baked for sale, is insufficient to furnish precise data on the subject of the annual consumption, and for countries other than the United Kingdom no estimate of the annual consumption of bread has, so far as I am aware, been made. The total quantity of bread made in Great Britain and Ireland, as estimated at the time of their inquiry some seven years ago by the Royal Commission on Food Prices, was sufficient to provide between 160 and 170 lbs. per person per annum. Some further information on the subject of the quantity of bakers' bread available in Great Britain will be found on page 52 of the Final Report of the Third Census of Production of the United Kingdom (1924), Food, Drink and Tobacco Trades and the Clothing Trades.