§ Lord O'HAGANasked Her Majesty's Government:
How much cat food and dog food has been imported into the United Kingdom from each member-State of the EEC in each year since accession.
§ Lord TREFGARNEThis information is not available. The Overseas Trade Statistics do not distinguish cat or dog food from animal feeding stuffs of other kinds.
Entry Clearance Applications for Settlement(1)—Indian sub-Continent Number of persons Bangladesh India Pakistan Total New Applications Received 1977 1st quarter … … … … … 1,306 1,809 2,569 5,684 2nd quarter… … … … … … 1,471 1,638 3,564 6,673 3rd quarter … … … … … 1,306 1,505 3,153 5,964 4th quarter … … … … … 834 1,345 3,432 5,611 1978 1st quarter … … … … … 1,484 1,449 4,241 7,174 2nd quarter … … … … … 2,521 1,652 3,622 7,795 3rd quarter … … … … … 1,586 1,669 2,901 6,156 4th quarter … … … … … 1,361 1,493 2,330 5,184 Applications granted 1977 1st quarter … … … … … 677 1,426 2,634 4,737 2nd quarter … … … … … 820 1,408 4,093 6,321 3rd quarter … … … … … 1,087 1,327 2,416 4,830 4th quarter … … … … … 837 1,368 2,425 4,630 1978 1st quarter … … … … … 1,153 1,435 2,639 5,227 2nd quarter … … … … … 1,222 1,411 2,625 5,258 3rd quarter … … … … … 820 1,279 2,131 4,230 4th quarter … … … … … 920 1,044 1,913 3,877 Applications refused 1977 1st quarter … … … … … 710 323 1,121 2,154 2nd quarter … … … … … 1,093 361 756 2,210 3rd quarter … … … … … 2,415 344 694 3,453 4th quarter … … … … … 1,004 244 684 1,932 1978 1st quarter … … … … … 879 305 883 2,067 2nd quarter … … … … … 731 410 1,084 2,225 3rd quarter … … … … … 689 431 920 2,040 4th quarter … … … … … 503 322 887 1,712 (1) Including both dependants and a small number of others applying for settlement.