§ Major Carverasked the Minister of Agriculture what amount has been paid out in respect of the beet sugar subsidy since the inception of the scheme; and what part of this sum is estimated to have reached the farmers growing sugar beet as opposed to the beet sugar factory interests?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonThe total amount of subsidy paid to the beet sugar industry in this country since 1924 is approximately £41,000,000. Any apportionment of the benefit of the subsidy between growers and factories would necessarily be highly speculative, since it would involve an estimate of what would have been the price of sugar beet had no direct Exchequer assistance been afforded to the industry.