§ Sir H. BRITTAINasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the House approximate figures of the world's output of sugar, cane and beet, respectively; and what proportion of that output is raised within the British Empire?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERAccording to the estimates published by Messrs. Willett and Gray, the quantities of raw sugar produced in the crop season 1924–25 were as follow:
— Total World production. Produced in British Empire. Per cent. produced in British Empire. Million Tons. Million Tons. Cane sugar 15.5 3.7 23.9 Beet sugar 8.1 0.06 0.7 Total 23.6 3.8 16.0