§ 54. Sir H. SAMUELasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total State assistance up to date in subsidy and revenue abatement, retained by the sugar-beet industry, calculated on the basis adopted in Table 79 of the Ministry's report on the industry, 1931?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Hore-Belisha)The total amount of State assistance from 1924 to date in subsidy and revenue abatement retained by the sugar-beet industry, calculated on the basis referred to, is£37,440,000.
§ Mr. HANNONIs it not a fact that the expenditure of this money has had a most beneficent influence on the industry?