HC Deb 08 November 1927 vol 210 c69W
Sir F. WISE

asked the Minister of Agriculture the amount of subsidy paid to beet sugar growers from 1st April to as convenient a date as possible?

Mr. GUINNESS

In accordance with the provisions of the British Sugar (Subsidy) Act, subsidy is paid to the manufacturers of home-grown beet sugar and molasses and not to beet growers. The total subsidy paid to manufacturers from 1st April, 1927, to 5th November, 1927, was £744,148 18s. 2d.