§ 118. Mr. Peter Freemanasked the President of the Board of Trade the number and value of greyhounds imported into this country from Eire for the four years ended 1944; the estimated number and value for 1945; and whether, in view of the undesirability of using sterling in the purchase of greyhounds, in view of our £400,000,000 sterling debt to Eire, he will take steps to prevent it.
§ Sir S. CrippsDuring the four years ended 1944, 12,969 greyhounds were exported from Eire to the value of £915,179, most of them to this country. In 1945, Eire exported 7,517 greyhounds, valued at £733,277. Under an open general licence granted in December, 1945, live quadrupeds consigned from any part of the British Commonwealth can be imported without the necessity for individual 131W import licences. I am not at present prepared to exclude greyhounds consigned from Eire from this general concession.