§ Mr. Henderson Stewartasked the Minister of Foodwhat steps have been taken to implement the first recommendation of the Elliot Committee on the herring industry, to the effect that, as a matter of urgency, the Departments concerned should arrange for substantial sales of herring, through U.N.R.R.A. and other agencies, to European markets.
§ Sir B. SmithFrom the beginning of the 1944 summer season, my Department has undertaken to pay the fishermen a guaranteed price for herrings surplus to home trade requirements. Such herrings are used for pickle-curing or redding, and my Department purchases from the curers at agreed prices all pickle-cured and red herrings of satisfactory quality. As a result of these steps, about 12,000 tons of pickle-cured herrings and 2,000 tons of red herrings have, up to 31st October last, been sold for the European market to military authorities, to U.N.R.R.A., and direct to our Allies.