HC Deb 31 March 1919 vol 114 cc891-2W
Lieutenant-Colonel ARTHUR MURRAY

asked the Food Controller from what ports in Scotland potatoes are to be shipped to Germany; and whether, in view of the

large surplus of potatoes available for shipment in the North-Eastern counties of Scotland, he can see his way to arrange with the Ministry of Shipping that an adequate number of ships should be provided at Aberdeen and Dundee?

Mr. WARDLE

Shipments of potatoes to Germany are being made from Dundee and Leith. Montrose and Aberdeen are not very suitable ports for shipment, the former having silted up and the capacity of the latter being required almost entirely for Admiralty purposes.

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