§ Mr. Turtonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the estimated expenditure of £335,000,000 ofcost-of-living subsidies will be in respect of imported and home produced foodstuffs, respectively; and if he will give details of how this gross figure is made up.
§ Mr. Dalton:£157 million of the subsidies on foodstuffs is for imported supplies, and £161 million for homegrown supplies. The details are as follow:
Estimated cost of subsidies in year 1946–47 £million. Bread, flour and oatmeal 64.2 Eggs, fresh, frozen and dried 40.2 Meat and livestock 30.0 Milk 27.0 Potatoes 23.1 Sugar 21.8 Cheese 11.4 Butter 8.0 Margarine, cooking fats, oils—net 8.0 Dried fruits 5.5 Bacon and ham 5.0 Tea 5.0 Dried and condensed milk 4.6 Pulses and soya products 2.3 Net gain on other foodstuffs, etc. Cr. 0.4 National milk and milk-in-schools schemes 21.0 Other welfare schemes 7.7 Animal feeding stuffs 22.6 Fertilisers 7.5 Contribution to cost of New Zealand Government's stabilization policy in respect of food production 4.0 Total, foodstuffs, etc. 318.5 Clothing 12.5 Raw materials 3.0 Coal transport 1.0 Total, all items 335.0