HC Deb 19 March 1928 vol 215 c45W
Mr. SHORT

asked the Minister of Agriculture the total amount of subsidy granted to the sugar-beet industry during 1927 as compared with 1926?

Mr.GUINNESS

The amount of subsidy paid to the best sugar factories in Great Britain in the year ended 31st December, 1927, was £4,263,009, and in the year ended 31st December, 1926, £2,542,842.

Mr. SHORT

asked the Minister of Agriculture the total number of acres of land under beet cultivation during 1927 as compared with 1926?

Mr. GUINNESS

The total acreage returned by occupiers of agricultural holdings as being under sugar beet in England and Wales in 1927 was £222,566 acres, compared with £125,814 acres in 1926.