§ 71. Mr. Jannerasked the Minister of Food the reasons for the continued high price of fish in view of the glut at the present time; how much fish has been dumped for fertiliser at Britain's big ports in the last month because housewives will not buy fish at its present price; and what action he proposes to take in the matter.
Dr. HillFish in heavy supply during the last few weeks has been mainly distant water cod. Much of it has been sold at around the old controlled price. I have no information about the specific quantities of fish used for conversion into fertiliser. Some 10,000 tons of unsold and condemned white fish were processed into animal feedingstuffs in the period January to 17th May this year out of total landings of approximately 290,000 tons; also some 8,000 tons of surplus herring were converted into oil and meal in the same period.