HC Deb 16 November 1920 vol 134 c1719W
Major GLYN

asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the average weekly value of goods imported into Great Britain each week from Ireland; what proportion of these imports are foodstuffs; and how far it is anticipated that the threatened stoppage of the Irish railways will affect the sale of foodstuffs in this country?

Sir P. LLOYD-GREAME

The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland has furnished the following information:—

IMPORTS INTO GREAT BRITAIN FROM IRELAND.
Year. Average Weekly Value.
Total. Of which Food (exclusive of Drink) and Food Animals.
£ £
1918 2,930,000 1,317,000
1919 3,348,000 1,445,000

No later figures can be given, as values are only computed for a whole year. It is, however, believed that the present average weekly value of the imports of food into Great Britain from Ireland is greater than the average of 1919. A stoppage of Irish railways would naturally be followed by the cessation of exports of foodstuffs from the districts affected.

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