§ 68. Mr. Edmund Harveyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the representations which have been made by the Jamaica Agricultural Society, the Bustamente Industrial Trade Union, the Jamaica Cane Farmers' Association and the Sugar Manufacturers' Association of Jamaica, in favour of a substantial increase in the price of sugar have been considered by the British Government; and whether he has been able to take any steps to secure more adequate prices to the sugar growers.
§ Colonel StanleyHis Majesty's Government have been giving the most careful consideration to the policy to be followed in regard to the Colonial sugar industry as a whole, in the light, among other things, of representations received from Jamaica. I hope to be able to make an announcement on the whole subject very shortly.
§ Mr. HarveyWill my right hon. and gallant Friend bear in mind that the American Government pay a higher price for sugar in Puerto Rico than this Government pays for sugar in Jamaica, and will he use his influence with the Ministry of Food to see that a just price is paid to sugar producers in the British West Indies?