Meat and Poultry

HC Deb 20 March 1963 vol 674 cc60-1W

Mr. Stodart

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the estimated amount of meat and poultry, calculated as carcase weight, consumed per head of the United Kingdom population in 1960, 1961 and 1962, respectively.

Mr. Scott-Hopkins

The following is the information:

Mr. Wolrige-Gordon

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the sum of imports of fish into Great Britain in the last two years under the European Free Trade Area treaty; what they are likely to become in the next 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the proportion which will be landed in Scotland.

Mr. Scott-Hopkins

British imports of fish covered by the European Free Trade Association Convention in 1961 and 1962 amounted in total to 52.1 thousand metric tons. This figure excludes fish listed in Annex E to the Convention. No worthwhile estimate can be made either of the total for 1963 or of the proportion which will be landed in Scotland.