HC Deb 06 June 1944 vol 400 c1221W
Dr. Little

asked the Minister of Food whether, as the exportable surplus of salmon in Eire for 1944 has already been purchased by his Ministry, he will purchase the exportable surplus of salmon in Northern Ireland for 1944 and arrange for its transport to Britain.

Colonel Llewellin

Producers of net-caught salmon and wholesale merchants in Northern Ireland must sell their salmon to the same purchasers and in the same proportions as in 1940. With the present demand for salmon and so long as transport facilities are available to enable this regulation to be carried out, an exportable surplus can hardly arise.