§ Major COLVILLEasked the President of the Board of Trade the total quantity of flour imported from France during the years 1927, 1928, and 1929, and during the first four months of 1930; and whether the export of this product was subsidised by the French Government?
§ Mr. GILLETTAs stated in the issues of the "Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom" for December, 1929, and April, 1930, the total quantity of wheat meal and flour imported into Great Britain and Northern Ireland, registered as consigned from France during the years 1927, 1928 and 1929 and the first four months of 1930, was as follows:—
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Hundredweights. 1927 69,705 1928 108,169 1929 577,593 1930 (January to April) 499,878 With regard to the second part of the question, I would refer to the answers given by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Parliamentary Secretary to that Ministry to previous questions on the subject, especially those asked by the hon. Member for Devizes (Mr. Hurd) on 23rd January and by my hon. Friend the Member for Peckham (Mr. Beckett) on 19th June.