§ Sir A. SINCLAIRasked the Minister of Agriculture the amount of the sugar-beet production in England and Wales during each of the last seven years?
§ Mr. N. BUXTONThe following statement gives the tonnage of sugar beet delivered to the beet sugar factories in England and Wales in the last seven manufacturing campaigns:
Manufacturing Season. Tons (of washed and topped beet). 1923?24 … … … 102,090 1924?25 … … … 183,713 1925?26 … … … 428,213 1926?27 … … … 1,089,527 1927?28 … … … 1,441,520 1928?29 … … … 1,358,636 1929?30 … … … 1,998,000* * Subject to slight adjustment when the final returns are received.