§ Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the President of the Board of Trade the average wholesale and retail price of fish of recognised qualities for the weeks ended 31st July and 31st October, and the British and foreign landings for the comparable weeks?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe average wholesale prices at Billingsgate Market of the undermentioned kinds of fish in the weeks ended 31st July and 31st October, 1933, were as follow:
Week ended. Bloaters. Haddock. Cod. Plaice. Per box. Per stone s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 31st July 4 2 3 10 3 11 7 6 31st Oct. 3 5 5 5 5 2 11 4 Information is not available as to the average retail prices in the weeks specified. The nearest dates for which particulars of average retail prices are available are 1st August and 1st November and on these dates the average retail prices per lb. in the working class trade in London, based on returns collected by the Ministry of Labour, were as follow:
— Bloaters Haddock (Dried). Cod. Plaice. d. d. d. d. 1st Aug. 7 10 9 ¼ 10 ¾ 1st Nov. 6 ¾ 10 ¼ 10 11 ¾ Information is not available as to weekly British and foreign landings. According to the returns of the Ministry 750W of Agriculture and Fisheries and of the Northern Ireland Fishery Board, the total quantity of fish of British taking returned as landed in the United Kingdom during the month of July was 1,724,154 cwts. valued at £1,264,679; the corresponding preliminary figures for October are 1,813,654 cwts. and £1,511,101. The, quantity of foreign fresh and frozen fish imported into Great Britain and Northern Ireland in July was 149,825 cwts. valued at £336,354, and in October, 111,924 cwts. valued at £178,822.