§ Mr. GRUNDYasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can state the amount of wheat imported from Russia in 1913; whether he has any information as to the amount of wheat in Russia now available for export; whether he has received any requests for permission to import wheat from Russia; and whether there is any prospect of helping to reduce the price of bread here by encouraging the supplies of wheat from that country?
§ Sir R. HORNE5,011,100 cwts. of wheat valued at £1,984,964 were imported from Russia in 1913. I have no information as to the amount of wheat now available for export from Russia and I am unable to say what effect the resumption of trade with that country would have upon the price of bread in the United Kingdom. It must be kept in mind that the diffi- 2117W culty of transport in Russia will for some time prevent the export of any stocks of wheat that exist there. The importation of wheat from Russia is not prohibited, HO that the question of permission for such imports does not arise.