§ MR. FELL (Great Yarmouth)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade what were the respective quantities and values of cane and beet sugar imported into this country for consumption in the past year
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE, Carnarvon Boroughs)I am unable to give the precise information asked for by the hon. Member, as no distinction is made between sugar refined from raw cane and raw beet respectively when entered for consumption from British refineries. The total imports of raw sugar were however divided as follows:—Cane sugar 5,488,020 cwts. valued at £2,782,395; Beet sugar 9,443,822 cwts. valued at £4,541,797. The total imports of refined sugar (practically the whole of which are derived from beet growing countries) amounted to 19,721,426 cwts. valued at £11,819,033.