§ Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food why imports of processed poultry have more than trebled in 1955 compared with 1953.
Mr. AmoryImports of poultry in airtight containers, to which I assume the Question refers, increased from 308 tons in the first 10 months of 1953 to 1,052 tons in the corresponding period of 1955. This was due mainly to larger imports from the Netherlands and Norway, from which imports were restricted in 1953, and to purchases from the United States of America in 1955 with dollars provided under the United States Mutual Security Act.