HC Deb 25 October 1946 vol 428 c29W
Viscount Hinchingbrooke

asked the Minister of Food how much in weight and

— July. August. September (e). Total.
Tons. £ Tons. £ Tons. £ Tons. £
Channel Islands (a) 629 7,578 496 7,059 331 4,721 1,456 19,358
Faroe Islands (b) 15 160 83 1,376 — — 98 1,536
Eire (c) — — 3 108 2 59 5 167
Ascension Island (d) — — 7 116 — — 7 116
Other British Countries (c) 1 116 12 436 10 939 23 1,491
Foreign Countries (c) 68 1,998 12 220 1 51 81 2,269
713 9,852 613 9,315 344 5,770 1,670 24,937

  1. (a) Supplies are provided sufficient to maintain in the Channel Islands the level of animarations in force in Great Britain.
  2. (b) The U.K. accepted responsibility for supplies to the Faroe Islands from the date of the establishment of bases in the Islands. This arrangement will terminate on 31st October, 1946, and the responsibility will be assumed by Denmark.
  3. (c) These exports consist entirely of specialities such as iodised licks, mineral mixtures, etc., and included no feeding stuffs rationed in the U.K.
  4. (d) A special delivery rendered necessary by the failure of normal supplies.
  5. (e) Provisional.