§ Mr. Perkinsasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the Australian Meat Board's Report, 1937–38, estimates that the Australian exports of all classes of beef and veal to the United Kingdom in 1938 will show an increase of 281,000 cwts., as compared with 1937; and what steps he is taking to control these increasing imports?
§ Mr. RamsbothamI have been asked to reply. The level of imported supplies is fixed from time to time in accordance with the recommendations of the International Beef Conference, on which home producers are represented, in the light of the general supply situation. My right hon. Friend understands, however, that the estimate to which my hon. Friend refers w as made some time ago. It is not now anticipated that imports of beef and veal from Australia during 1938 will be substantially in excess of supplies during 1937, and for the first To months the increase was only 59,000 cwts.