§ Mr. HAYESasked the Minister of Agriculture, if, taking any three typical British factories he desires, he can now give the estimated cost of manufacturing one ton of white sugar from beet?
Mr. GUINNESSI would refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Batley and Morley (Mr. Forrest) on the 18th March last. I regret I am unable to give the information desired.
§ Mr. HAYESasked the Minister of Agriculture if the projected sugar-beet factories at Bardney and Frimley have been or are being constructed; and whether any new factories have been planned since 1st January, 1926?
Mr. GUINNESSNo constructional work has been begun on the projected beet sugar factories at Bardney and Frimley. Since the 1st January last proposals have been made for the erection of factories at Selby, Bletchley and Walcott (near Shrewsbury), but it is too early to say whether any of these proposals will materialise.