Captain Shawasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give an estimate of the amount of money received by Eire since 1940 on account of cattle, sheep and pigs sent to Great Britain, and what the figures were for 1938–39.
§ Mr. SummersThe appended figures show the value of exports from Eire of cattle, sheep and lambs, and pigs for each year since 1938:
£000 1938 10,273 of which to Great Britain 9,084 1939 12,709 1940 13,537 I941 7,485 1942 15,080 1943 12,795 1944 12,924 Note.—The figures for 1940 and subsequent years in fact relate to exports to the United Kingdom.