HC Deb 15 March 1967 vol 743 cc105-6W
83. Mr. Webster

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what local authority loan was acquired by the Home Grown Sugar Beet Research and Education Fund as indicated in the balance sheet as on 31st March, 1965: Local Authority Loan (including accrued interest) £65,586.

Mr. John Mackie

The sum of £65,586 shown in the 1964–65 Account of the Home Grown Sugar Beet Research and Education Fund comprised a short-term loan of £65,000 made from the Fund to the Kidderminster Corporation. Interest accruing to the Fund on that loan to 31st March, 1965, was £586.

84. Mr. Webster

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will publish the accounts for the Home Grown Sugar Beet Research and Education Fund.

Mr. John Mackie

The Account for the financial year ended 31st March, 1966, was sent to the Comptroller and Auditor General on 29th November, 1966, in fulfilment of our obligation under Section 18(6) of the Sugar Act, 1956, to transmit the account to him by 30th November in the year following that in which the expenditure was made.

I understand that the Comptroller and Auditor General has now examined and certified the 1965–66 Account and that Parliament ordered it to be printed on 2nd March.