HC Deb 03 April 1922 vol 152 c1872W
Mr. G. BARNES

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what quantities of food are now held by the Government throughout the world, and the places where it is mainly stored?

Mr. YOUNG

Apart from supplies for the Navy, Army, and Air Force, the only considerable quantity of food now held by the Government consists of certain stocks at Bombay or en route there from Iraq, estimated to be worth about £30,000.