HC Deb 04 December 1925 vol 188 cc2706-7W
Captain GEE

asked the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, what obstacles, if any, are delaying the removal of the Hinckley tax office from the unsuitable premises at 28, Castle Street, which is reached by a dark staircase between grocers' and foreign meat shops; are insufficiently ventilated and heated by gas stoves with no outlet pipe; are constantly subject to smells from the meat and grocers' shops and bonfires of garbage which are burnt nearly every day at the back of the premises, and overrun with flies, mice and other vermin; where the lavatory accommodation is inadequate and the risks from fire great, the electric light cables being unprotected and fixed on wood?

Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON

It is hoped to enter into a lease of more suitable premises at an early date, and these will be available for the Hinckley tax office

— Fresh or Frozen. Cured or Salted (not Canned). Canned. Total Imports. Handed direct from the fishing grounds.*
Quantity (cwts.)
1913 … … 2,316,970 370,755 1,001,244 3,688,969 739,690
1919 … … 1,067,235 472,607 1,408,114 2,947,956 289,526
1920 … … 1,292,479 375,368 1,068,419 2,736,266 367,383
1921 … … 1,610,997 419,280 793,794 2,824,071 515,923
1922 … … 1,728,394 380,030 882,890 2,991,314 817,094
1923 … … 2,610,818 421,203 736,527 3,768,548 1,246,028
1924 … … 2,544,323 456,043 1,201,906 4,202,272 1,300,487
1925 (Jan.-Oct.) 2,575,645 382,413 605,901 3,563,959 1,221,657
Value (£).
1913 … … 1,174,873 490,348 3,221,706 4,886,927 323,612
1919 … … 2,170,125 1,478,766 10,698,930 14,347,821 665,921
1920 … … 1,768,590 1,240,417 9,884,964 12,893,971 598,948
1921 … … 2,549,273 808,572 6,159,285 9,517,130 1,021,647
1922 … … 2,258,683 687,435 5,980,753 8,926,871 840,102
1923 … … 3,369,430 588,751 4,301,946 8,260,127 1,090,631
1924 … … 3,641,544 676,693 6,748,861 11,067,098 963,054
1925 (Jan.-Oct.) 3,234,545 606,455 3,715,380 7,556,380 875,243
* Included in preceding column. Consists chiefly of "fresh or frozen" with small quantities of "cured or salted (not canned)."