HC Deb 24 April 1923 vol 163 cc295-6W
Mr. HURD

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the importation of skimmed condensed milk in the first three months of this year as compared with the corresponding period of 1922; and did these imports bear conspicuous labels to warn mothers that this skimmed condensed milk is, in the view of the Ministry of Health, unfit for infants?

Sir P. LLOYD-GREAME

The quantity of sweetened condensed milk manufactured from separated or skimmed milk

values of cotton manufactures exported from this country to the United States in the six months ending June, 1914, and the corresponding six months in 1922?

Sir P. LLOYD-GREAME

The following statement shows the quantities and values of the principal descriptions of cotton manufactures exported from the United Kingdom and registered as consigned to the United States during the periods specified, as far as the particulars are available:

imported into the United Kingdom during the quarter ended 31st March, 1923, amounted to 330,355 cwts., valued at £894,842, as compared with 278,230 cwts., valued at £829,753, in the corresponding period of 1922. Similar particulars in respect of the imports, if any, of unsweetened condensed milk manufactured from separated or skimmed milk are not available. I am informed by the Minister of Health that no Regulation is yet in operation requiring that condensed milk manufactured from separated or skimmed milk should bear a label, "Unfit for infants."