HC Deb 06 June 1944 vol 400 cc1218-9W
Viscount Suirdale

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare in what quantities vitamin D is now being imported into German-occupied countries; into what countries such imports are being made; and how the quantities of these imports compare with the quantities imported before vitamin D was removed from the contraband list.

Mr. George Hall

His Majesty's Government agreed to the despatch of 10 kilogrammes of vitamin D in December, 1943, and again in March this year. These 20 kilogrammes were for distribution to children in Belgium, France, Holland, Yugoslavia and Poland. In addition 'we agreed in October, 1943, to let one kilogramme go to Belgium, and in April last a quarter Of a kilogramme was sent for distribution in the Channel Islands. As regards the last pail of the Question, before a concession was made in regard to vitamin D, none was imported with our consent into any part of enemy-occupied Europe except Greece, where all the demands of the Neutral Commission have been met.