§ 42. Mr. Brocklebank-Fowlerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he expects an increase in the domestic sugar beet acreage during 1973.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartThe 1973 guaranteed price will apply to the whole of the sugar beet crop from the existing66W guaranteed acreage in the United Kingdom. In addition, under the EEC sugar régime, growers and processors are free to negotiate contracts for beet to produce sugar above the quota, but this sugar must be exported to the world market without guarantee or subsidy.