HC Deb 28 November 1927 vol 211 c62W
Sir J. POWER

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can now give an estimate of the amount of home-grown sugar produced this year and, for comparison, the amount produced last year?

Mr. GUINNESS

3,069,757 cwt. of home-grown beet sugar were produced in the 1926–27 season. In the present (1927–28) campaign, it is estimated that 4,780,000 cwt. will be produced.