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72.
Mr. Sparks
asked the Minister of Food what was the average crop of potatoes and the consumption per head in the crop year 1938, 1946 and the estimated crop and consumption per head for the season 1947–48.
Dr. Summerskill
In the 1938 season the Great Britain potato crop was 4,404,000 tons and weekly consumption per head 3·0 lb.; in the 1946 season, 8,614,000 tons and 5·4 lb. per head; and this season the latest estimates are 6,811,000 tons and 3·9 lb. per head respectively.