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Mr. Hollis
asked the Minister of Food how much Algerian wine has been Withdrawn from bond since 5th April, 1949.
Dr. Summerskill
No figures of withdrawals of wines from bond since 5th April, 1949, are available.
Mr. Hollis
Does that reply mean that they are unknown, or that it is not in the public interest to give them?
Dr. Summerskill
If the hon. Gentleman had a little more information on the subject, he would know that the figures are published in the Trade and Navigation Returns in the following month.
Mr. Norman Smith
Is it not a fact that Algerian wine is good only for salad dressing?
Dr. Summerskill
I am prepared to try it.
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Thomas Moore
As the right hon. Lady has not been able to answer a previous question, could she perhaps tell us how much of this wine was actually drunk and with what result?