HC Deb 18 June 1979 vol 968 c389W
Dr. Edmund Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Trade how much liquid milk was imported into the United Kingdom for each of the last three years.

Mr. Parkinson

United Kingdom imports of fresh milk, not concentrated or sweetened, of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 4 per cent, were as follows:

Tonnes
1976 9,560
1977 5,073
1978 6,416

virtuallyall these imports were consigned from the Irish Republic.