§ Sir P. Hannonasked the Minister of Food if he will make a statement on the contribution in food supplies made by Northern Ireland to Great Britain as at the last convenient date since the close of the war with Japan.
§ Dr. Summerskill,pursuant to her reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 18th July, 1946, Cols. 257 and 258, Vol. 425], supplied the following statement:
The information required by the hon. Member is now available and is shown in the following table:
Shipments from Northern Ireland in Great Britain. July—December, 1945. Potatoes: ware … … 11.2 thousand tons seed … … 47.4 thousand tons Eggs … … 4.2 thousand tons Milk … … 2.58 million gallons Livestock:— (1) Fat (a): cattle … … 144.0 thousand head sheep … … 17.2 thousand bead (2) Stores: cattle … … 56.2 thousand bead pigs … … 1.1 thousand bead (3) Breeding: cattle … … 2.2 thousand bead calves … … 0.1 thousand bead (a) meat equivalent in thousand tons: beet, 34.6; offal, 3.7; mutton and lamb, 0.4.