§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if any estimate was formed in advance as to the total cost of 1864W the sugar-beet subsidy to the State over the full period of 10 years; and, if so, whether he will give this figure on which his advisers have been working?
Mr. GUINNESSI have been asked to reply. No definite estimate of the total cost of the subsidy over the full period of 10 years could he made, as it was impossible to foresee how many factories would be erected during that period.
§ Colonel ENGLANDasked the Minister of Labour whether, taking the number of men supplied to the different sugar-beet factories by the Employment Exchanges during the past season of sugar manufacture, he can give the average length of employment of such men, and state how many are in receipt of or have applied for unemployment benefit after ceasing this work?
§ Mr. BETTERTONAs stated on 24th March in reply to the hon. Member for Blackpool (Sir W. de Frece), the number of workers supplied to the factories in 1925 by the Employment Exchanges was 1,275. I regret that the information asked for in the latter parts of the question is not available.