HC Deb 20 February 1939 vol 344 c36W
Mr. Mitchell

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will state the tonnage and value of watercress grown in Great Britain for the years 1936 and 1937?

Sir R. Dorman-Smith

I regret that information is not available for a year later than 1932, when a special investigation was made as a result of which it was estimated that the annual production of watercress in England and Wales amounted to about 5,000 tons, valued in the wholesale market at approximately £180,000.