Lieut.-Colonel Clifton-Brownasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of sterling expended on imported lettuces, strawberries, melons, peaches, apricots and other soft fruits in the period 1st January to 30th June, 1946.
§ Mr. DaltonThe value of recorded imports was £762,977, namely:
£ Lettuce, endive and chicory (salad) 552,014 Peaches and nectarines 127,256 Apricots 18,917 Grapes 461 Plums, greengages and damsons 65 Separate figures are not available for melons, strawberries or other soft fruits; total imports of such fruits were valued at £64,264.