§ Mr. C. Smithasked the Minister of Food what amount of refined sugar was produced in each of the years 1946, 1947 and 1948 by the British Sugar Corporation; what proportion this constituted of the total production of refined sugar in the United Kingdom in each of those years; and what percentage of the refining capacity of the United Kingdom in each year was controlled by the British Sugar Corporation, reckoning for this purpose the campaign production capacity based on normal yield plus the realistic off-season refining capacity as constituting the total refining capacity controlled by the British Sugar Corporation.
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§ Mr. StracheyThe information is as follows:
1946 1947 1948 (000 tons) Sugar produced by British Sugar Corporation— During campaign 268 296 283 From off-season refining 110 161 211 Total 378 457 494
per cent. per cent. per cent. British Sugar Corporation production as a proportion of the total amount of refined sugar produced in the United Kingdom 23 23 21½ Percentage of United Kingdom refining capacity represented by British Sugar Corporation campaign capacity and realistic off-season capacity 25 24 23.3