asked the Minister of Food if he will now cease to trade in sheep and hog casings and allow the export of sheep casings, without licence, and the import of hog casings from the United States of America and Canada, under licence, by private traders.

The Ministry of Food does not trade in sheep and hog casings. While the present shortage of sausage casings continues we cannot allow sheep casings to be exported, except where they will earn dollars or other hard currency. Some hog casings are already imported under licence from the U.S.A. and Canada and paid for with dollars earned by the export of sheep casings to those countries, but I regret that we cannot afford any more dollars for further imports.

Does that affect the price of haggis?