Captain RAMSAYasked the President of the Board of Trade what amount of boneless meat and offals has been landed in Scotland within the last 12 months; how does this compare with the preceding 12 months; and, in view of the injury done to the interests of stock producers And consumers alike by this form of meat importation, will he take steps to secure an immediate restriction of these imports?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI regret that the information asked for in the first two parts of the question is not available without a disproportionate expenditure of time and labour. Imports of boned beef from foreign countries into the United Kingdom are subject to the substantial reductions laid down in the Ottawa Agreements, and an arrangement has been made with importers of meat from South America that imports of334W offals should be kept in normal relation to other meat imports.