§ Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will state the total quantity of standard barrels of beer exported and of beer imported for home consumption in the United Kingdom for the year ended 31st March, 1939?
§ Captain CrookshankThe total quantities of beer imported into and exported from the United Kingdom during the year ended 31st March, 1939, were as follow:
Standard barrels. Imports 834,935 Exports: Produce and manufacture of the United Kingdom 266,634 Re-exports of imported beer 28,785
§ Sir R. Youngasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will state the number of bulk barrels of beer produced in England and Northern Ireland, in Scotland and in the United Kingdom with the average specific quantity in each case during the year ended 31st March, 1939?
§ Captain CrookshankI assume that the second part of the question is intended to refer to the average original gravity. The numbers of bulk barrels of beer produced in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, Scotland, and the United Kingdom, respectively, with the average original gravities in each case during the year ended 31st March, 1939, were as follow:
Bulk Barrels. Average Gravity (degrees). England and Wales and Northern Ireland 22,787,162 1040.86 Scotland 1,887,830 1041.78 United Kingdom 24,674,992 1040.93