QUESTIONS IN COMMONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 208, 22 November 1927, Page 11

QUESTIONS IN COMMONS

DOMINIONS AND BRITISH FOOD SUPPLIES BEEF FOR THE NAVY By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 12.5 p.m. LONDON, Monday. In the House of Commons, Captain D. C. Hacking, Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs, told a questioner that the Dominions in 1926 supplied 52 per cent, of Britain’s wheat imports, and 25 per cent, of her meat. The United States supplied 31.8 per cent, of her wheat, and 12. S per cent, of her meat. Asked whether the Admiralty would consider the advisability of limiting tenders for the supply of beef for Home commands to the Dominions, Lieut.-Colonel C. Headlam said that apart from local contracts for Home ports, which were restricted to the Dominions and Home-grown meat, the Admiralty preferred to adhere to its present practice.—A. and N.Z. LADY IVEAGH TAKES SEAT Lady Iveagh, who follows her husband as member for Southend-on-Sea, dressed in black, entered the House, accompanied by her brother-in-law, the Rt. Hon. Walter Guinness, Minister of Agriculture, amid Conservative cheers. One Labourite shouted “Guiness’s stout,” Ministerialists retorting, “'Shame! Shut up!” MIGRATION FIGURES The Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, In answer to questions, stated that for the seven months ended on October 31, of the migrants assisted under the Empire Settlement Act 20,000 went to Canada, 16,700 to Australia, 1,700 to New Zealand, and costs to the respective Governments were as under: Britain and Canada, £200,000 and £90,000 respectively Britain and Australia. £200,000 each; Britain and New Zealand, £22,500 each. During the past five years 7,305 boys, aged from 14 to 17, had gone to Canada under the care of voluntary societies. ,