Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Food – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 February 1954.
Mr Gwilym Lloyd George
, Newcastle upon Tyne North
12:00,
1 February 1954
There is no such question in the month of January. I can assure the hon. Gentleman that the reason for the high price of fish today is the adverse weather which is always experienced in this country during particular months, and that January was one of the worst months we have had. There were 145 gale warnings during January compared with 91 in January last year. I do not think that anyone who knows the North Sea at this time of the year will think that the fishermen are being overpaid.