§ Mr. LIVINGSTONEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of the sugar subsidy to the most recent convenient date?
Mr. GUINNESSI have been asked to reply. The gross amount of subsidy paid under the British Sugar (Subsidy) Act during the financial year 1924–25 was £492,040 4s. 7d. The gross amount paid during the current financial year up to 6th February is £907,570 1s. 3d., making a total gross subsidy paid to the date stated of £1,399,610 5s. 10d.