HC Deb 17 December 1936 vol 318 c2655W
Mr. CHRISTIE

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can state the farmers' deliveries of barley and the average price for the week ended 12th December this year as compared with the corresponding week last year, and the deliveries and the average price for the season ended 12th December this year as compared with the corresponding period last year?

Mr. RAMSBOTHAM

No information is available as to farmers' deliveries of barley, but the quantity of British barley returned as sold, as ascertained under the Corn Returns Act, 1882, and the Corn Sales Act, 1921, in England and Wales in the week ended 12th December, 1936, was 389,768 cwts. compared with 325,391 cwts. during the corresponding week of last year, and the average price was 9s. 4d. per cwt. compared with 8s. 2d. per cwt. last year. The total quantity returned under the Acts for the season up -to 12th December, 1936, was 6,617,359 cwts. compared with 6,331,780 cwts. during the corresponding period of last year, and the average price was 10s. per cwt. this year compared with 9s. 1d. last year.