§ 52. Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Food if he is aware that the supply of meat from Argentina will be 50,000 tons short of the promised amount; that the Anglo-Argentine negotiations for a new meat contract are likely to be of long duration; and whether he will ban the sale of meat in all public restaurants until a new agreement is reached.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeIt is impossible at the moment to say by how much Argentine shipments will fall short of the promised amount, or how long the new negotiations will last. I do not think that the prohibition of meat in public restaurants would serve a useful purpose.
§ 53. Mr. Osborneasked the Minister of Food what were the meat imports to the United Kingdom for the year July, 1938, to June, 1939, on the comparable basis of 1,552,000 tons for 1949–50 and 1,130,000 tons for 1950–51 as given in the United Nations economic survey for Europe in 1951.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeThe comparable figure for the calendar year 1938 is estimated at 1,723,000 metric tons.
§ 55. Mr. Osborneasked the Minister of Food what was the amount of home-produced meat for the years July, 1938, to June, 1939, 1949–50 and 1950–51.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeFigures for the year July, 1938, to June, 1939, are not readily available, but for the calendar year 1938 and the years ended June, 1950, and June, 1951, the figures are 1,104,000 tons, 863,000 tons and 958,000 tons.