HC Deb 24 January 1949 vol 460 c85W
Sir W. Smithers

asked the Minister of Food why he recently loaned to Eire 46,582 tons of maize which was in course of shipment to Britain; and why was it not used in England to raise pigs and thus save buying bacon from abroad.

Mr. Strachey

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Londonderry (Sir R. Ross) on Monday, 13th December, 1948. The loan has in no way affected feedingstuffs rations in the United Kingdom. It represented a temporary diversion of a very small part of our current supplies.