§ Mr. Hall-Caineasked the Lord President of the Council for what reasons the Italian Government refused to attend the present International Sugar Conference now sitting in London; and what is the present approximate annual sugar production of the Italian empire?
§ Mr. R. MacDonaldNo official reply was received; but I understand unofficially that the Italian Government felt that the conference was not of sufficient interest to the Italian sugar industry, which is not concerned with exports to the free market. As regards the latter part of the question, the average production of sugar in Italy during the last three years was about 350,000 tons.