§ 19. Mr. Grimondasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information he has as to increased fishing in British inshore waters owing to the closure of the Icelandic fishing grounds.
§ Mr. StrangThere has so far been little evidence of the diversion of deep sea trawlers to inshore waters.
UNITED KINGDOM CEREALS IMPORTS—1ST JANUARY 1971 TO 31ST OCTOBER 1976 Year Cereal Source Country of origin/consignment 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 In '000 tons 1976 to 31st October Wheat and Meslin* Australia 1,351.2 563.7 235.6 — — 71.5 Canada 1,346.7 1,267.1 1,454.1 1,312.3 1,423.9 1,145.0 United States of America 854.4 775.6 507.8 557.1 982.7 274.5 France — 824.8 1,062.6 711.2 761.8 1,159.4 Netherlands — — — — 170.7 191.5 West Germany — — — — 51.1 140.5 Denmark — — — 130.4 121.5 96.4 Total 4,533.2 4,125.0 3,719.3 2,809.6 3,567.5 3,159.9 Barley* Canada 749.4 460.6 89.7 — — 91.5 Australia 264.5 228.0 — 89.7 61.3 90.0 France — — 85.4 607.9 180.5 167.3 Belgium/Luxembourg — — — — 51.6 17.8 Denmark — — — — 80.4 7.9 Netherlands — — — — 41.3 18.8 Irish Republic — — — — — 41.6 Total 1,067.9 728.7 286.8 799.7 473.1 473.5 Maize* United States of America 1,301.3 1,619.2 1,733.4 1,734.3 1,804.8 2,186.7 France 459.5 — 560.9 870.1 636.6 409.8 Netherlands 427.0 637.4 726.5 62.5 27.5 55.2 Republic of South Africa — 694.4 183.2 454.7 480.1 225.8 Argentina — — — 78.0 — 45.2 Total 2,912.2 3,095.5 3,335.5 3,204.8 2,987.4 2,957.9 Rye† Canda 19.6 31.9 11.2 — 3.5 3.8 Netherlands — — 28.3 9.0 13.3 4.4 Denmark — — — — 8.6 — West Germany — — — — — 4.7 Total 24.1 42.5 45.4 17.3 32.7 23.6 Oats† Australia 10.9 — — 12.9 3.6 — Netherlands — 17.2 1.8 5.0 3.8 6.5 Canada — — 3.4 — — — West Germany — — — — 15.1 8.7 Total 19.0 25.0 7.9 25.1 28.4 24.9 Rice† United States of America 54.7 47.0 39.0 23.2 25.4 28.5 Australia 16.8 20.8 22.8 13.2 — — Italy — 19.2 36.0 48.7 47.8 49.3 China — 13.5 — — — — Netherlands — — — — 25.3 25.7 Total 145.2 126.8 139.9 126.6 135.7 141.9