§ Mr. TURTONasked the President of the Board of Trade what quantities of wheat, oats, and barley were imported from Soviet Russia into Great Britain during the two months September and October, 1929, and during the two months September and October, 1930?
§ Sir G. PENNYasked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of grain imported into this country from Russian sources during the three months July, August, and September of 1929 and 1930, respectively?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHThe following table gives the figures required. Particulars for the month of October, 1930, are not vet available, but I will send the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Mr. Turton) the information he desires as soon as the figures have been extracted.
489W Total quantities of the undermentioned descriptions of grain imported into Great Britain and Northern Ireland and registered during the months of July, August, September, 1930, as consigned from the Soviet Union (Russia):
Description. July, 1930. August, 1930. September, 1930. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Wheat … 251,945 280,219 2,251,424 Oats … 131,550 17,071 68,190 Barley … 227,162 153,773 321,988 Maize … 17,408 27,410 — Rye … — — — No such imports were recorded during the months of July to October, 1929.
§ Sir G. PENNYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether any steps are being taken to prevent the dumping in this country of the reported large shipments of grain and timber from Russian sources?
§ Mr. GILLETTAs I indicated in my reply to the hon. Member for Forfar (Sir H. Hope) on Thursday last, His Majesty's Government have no power to prohibit or restrict the importation of such goods into this country on the ground of the prices at which they are offered, nor do they contemplate taking any such power.
§ Mr. EDEasked the President of the Board of Trade the total quantities of soft fruits imported from Russia during the present year?
§ Mr. SMITHThe only soft fruits for which separate particulars of imports are available from the official trade returns are raw currants, gooseberries and strawberries. No imports of these fruits into Great Britain and Northern Ireland were registered during the first nine months of 1930 as consigned from the Soviet Union (Russia).