§ 94. Mr. Osborneasked the Minister of Food if the combined volume of imported food and feedingstuffs for 1947 of 75 per cent. of the volume in 1938, as shown in Table VII, on page 12 of Command Paper 7344, was exactly 75 per cent. for each grouping; and what were the chief items and quantities in each group for the two years.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe answer to the first part of the Question is, "No." Measured by the method of table VII imported food in 1947 was 81 per cent. by volume of 1938 imported feedingstuffs 23 per cent. Feedingstuffs for this purpose have been taken as maize, barley, oats, wheat offals and oilcake. As the table showing the chief items and quantities122W in each group for the two years is rather long, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Following is the table:
CHIEF ITEMS IN RETAINED IMPORTS INTO UNITED KINGDOM OF FOOD AND FEEDING-STUFFS IN THE YEARS 1938 AND 1947. — 1938. 1947. Thousand tons. Thousand tons. Food, etc. (a)
Wheat 5,020 4,195 Flour 383 894 Pulses 143 62 Oilseeds and Nuts 1,629 956 All oils and fats (Vegetable, animal and marine) refined and unrefined 499 496 Sugar, as imported 2,405 1,877 Meat (all types) 1,540 1,396 Fish (all types) 179 302 Dairy produce— Butter 472 214 Cheese 146 191 Condensed Milk 82 71 Dried Milk, unsweetened 18 51 Eggs (shell and processed) 230 124 Potatoes 145 133 Fresh fruit and vegetables (except potatoes) 1,913 1,340 Dried Fruit 183 208 Canned Fruit 216 90 Tea 206 167 Coffee 14 43 Cocoa 128 105 Feedingstuffs. Maize 2,751 481 Barley 994 113 Oats 79 106 Wheat Offals 599 74 Oilcake 656 316 (a) These quantities include certain items for non-food use, e.g. technical oils, which it is not possible to distinguish.