§ 45. Mr. GROVESasked the Prime Minister whether the research work to be undertaken in sugar-producing territories of the Empire with the assistance of grants from the British Government will include investigations into the possibility, and relative costs, of making the Empire self-supporting in sugar produced from cane as opposed to that produced from sugar beet?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald)No, Sir. In each territory 20 the investigations supported by grants from the Empire Marketing Fund will be directed in the first place towards improving the efficiency of the local sugar industry, and in the second place towards progress in scientific knowledge and technique which will be of interest to all parts of the Empire in which sugar is produced.
§ Captain P. MACDONALDWould it not be to the advantage of some of those colonies if some means were available to them for the sale of their sugar after they have produced it?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThat is another question.