§ Sir J. POWERasked the Minister of Agriculture the total consumption of wheat in the United Kingdom during 1929, together with the proportions which were imported from Empire countries and foreign countries, and which were homegrown, respectively?
§ Mr. N. BUXTONThe gross imports of wheat and of wheat meal and flour—expressed in terms of wheat—into the United Kingdom in 1929 amounts to 6,262,000 tons. The home production of wheat in the United Kingdom in that year was 1,333,000 tons, making with the imports a total of 7,595,000 tons. Of this total home production represented 17.6 per cent. and imports from Empire and foreign countries 31.2 and 51.2 per cent. respectively. For information as to the average annual quantities of wheat used for human food and for other purposes in recent years, and also as to the proportions contributed by home production and Empire and foreign countries respectively, I would refer the hon. Member to the Report recently issued by my Department on the Agricultural Output and Food Supplies of Great Britain.