§ Mr. A. E. Daviesasked the Minister of Agriculture if he will give comparative figures for the last ten years, showing the amount of subsidy paid out for the production of sugar-beet.
§ Mr. T. WilliamsSubsidy payments in respect of sugar manufactured from home grown beet were:
£ 1935–36 … … 2,285,570 1936–37 … … 2,080,978 1937–38 … … 1,217,904 1938–39 … … 1,753,270 1939–40 … … 2,651,720 Deficiency payments made by the Minister of Food to the British Sugar Corporation Limited were:
£ 1940–41 … … 2,116,063 1941–42 … … 3,981,512 1942–43 … … 4,947,095 1943–44 … … 3,733,030 1944–45 … … 4,058,756