§ Mr. STANTONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food (1) if he can give the figures of the quantity of fish imported into this country from Norway and Holland since 1st January, 1917, and the proportion of this which has been condemned as unfit for human consumption; and (2) if he can state the quantities of fish of all kinds destroyed or used as manure during the first six months of this year; and will his Department appoint fish depots in various parts of this country for the better distribution of our fish supplies, and thereby avoid the wastage of the people's food?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANAbout 60,000 tons of fish of all descriptions were imported into this country from Norway and the Netherlands during the first six months of this year. There are no figures available as to the amount of home-caught or imported fish which has been condemned as unfit for human consumption during that period. A Committee has been appointed for the purpose of controlling the supplies of fish food throughout the country, with special reference to its marketing and distribution.