HC Deb 27 June 1927 vol 208 c53W
Mr. W. HIRST

asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the average length of the manufacturing season at homegrown sugar-beet factories?

Mr. GUINNESS

The length of the 1926–27 manufacturing season, taking an average of all factories in England and Wales, was 114 days; the average for the 1925–26 season was 87 days.