HC Deb 09 February 1948 vol 447 c12W
Mr. Hurd

asked the Minister of Agriculture the tonnages of carrots grown in the United Kingdom in 1947 and the five previous years.

Mr. T. Williams

The best available estimates of the production of carrots in the United Kingdom in each of these years are as follow:

000 tons
1942 … … … … 393
1943 … … … … 270
1944 … … … … 381
1945 … … … 364
1946 … … … … 431
1947 … … … … 359*
* Provisional