§ Mr. Wingfield Digbyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what were the imports of non-branded powered milk in each of the last three years, to the nearest convenient date; 43W and how the price of milk to the farmer would have been affected if these quantities had been home-produced.
§ Mr. Scott-HopkinsThe quantities of milk powder of all types imported into the United Kingdom in each of the last three years ending 31st March were 58.7 thousand tons, 61.3 thousand tons and 58 thousand tons, respectively. The figures available do not distinguish between branded and non-branded powder. The effect on producers' returns of manufacturing this powder from home-produced milk cannot be precisely calculated, but would be very small.