HC Deb 12 May 1958 vol 588 c4W
47. Mr. Hurd

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the percentages of total United Kingdom supplies of mutton and lamb, beef, butter and cheese supplied by New Zealand last year compared with the immediate prewar period.

Mr. John Hare

The figures are as follows: mutton and lamb, New Zealand provided 34 per cent. of our supplies pre-war compared with 46 per cent. last year; beef, 4 per cent. pre-war, 4 per cent. last year; butter, 26 per cent. prewar, 36 per cent. last year; cheese, 48 per cent. pre-war, 36 per cent. last year.