§ Mr. LAMBasked the President of the Board of Trade the total output of butter from factories in England and Wales in the last census-of-production year, and the amount of home-made and imported butter used for blending purposes in these factories in the same year?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe Returns for the year 1924, the latest year in respect of which a census of production has been taken, show that the quantity of butter produced in creameries in England and Wales in the census year was 38,000 cwt. and that the quantity purchased and blended in those creameries was 672,000 cwt. These figures are exclusive of 9,000 cwt. in respect of which the information needed for discriminating between butter made and butter purchased for blending was not furnished (as it was not a statutory requirement) and correspond to those contained in the Preliminary Report issued with the Board of Trade Journal on 21st July, 1927. The separation of home-made from imported butter purchased for blending was not asked for in the census forms, but it may be noted that the 569W quantity returned as sold off farms in England and Wales in the year ended 4th June, 1925, is stated in the Report of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries on the Agricultural Output of England and Wales as 454,000 cwt.