asked the Minister of Food if he will give an estimate of the additional tonnage of animal feedingstuffs he would have to import over and above that already arranged for to enable the fresh and preserved meat ration to be increased by three ounces per week after September, 1950.

If the additional feedingstuffs were used to produce fresh pork, the amount needed would be between one million tons and one and a half million tons, depending on the quality of feedingstuffs imported and the production methods adopted by farmers.