§ Lord SCONEasked the President of the Board of Trade the average annual 1940W quantity of barley imported during the decennial period 1921–30, and similar statistics for the five preceding decennial periods?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAThe average annual quantity of barley (grain) imported into the United Kingdom during the undermentioned periods was as follows:
Annual Average. Million Cwts. 1871–1880 … … … 11.5 1881–1890 … … … 15.3 1891–1900 … … … 21.0 1901–1910 … … … 22.0 1911–1920 … … … 15.5 1921–1930 … … … 15.2 NOTE.—As from 1st April, 1923, the pariculars relate to imports into Great Britain and Northern Ireland: prior to that date, to imports into the British Isles as a whole.