HC Deb 16 February 1933 vol 274 cc1193-4W
Earl of DALKEITH

asked the Minister of Agriculture the proportion of foreign and home-grown barley used by the brewing trade of Great Britain in the latest 12 months for which figures are available?

Major ELLIOT:

I regret that I have no information for any year later than 1924, when, according to a special return obtained by the Board of Trade in connection with the Industrial Census of Production, it was estimated that probably about three-fifths of the malt used in brewing in that year was obtained from home-grown barley.