HC Deb 03 November 1930 vol 244 cc494-6W
Mr. LOUIS SMITH

asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of acres growing sugar-beet during the last season, together with its allocation to the different counties in which this industry is carried on?

Dr. ADDISON

The acreage under sugar-beet as returned on 4th June, 1930, in each county in England and Wales was as follow:

Acres.
England and Wales … … 347,100
England … … 346,200
Wales … … 900
England:
Bedford … … 3,160
Berkshire … … 730
Buckingham … … 450
Cambridge … … 12,410
Isle of Ely … … 31,560
Chester …… 150
Cornwall … … 930
Cumberland … … 90
Derby … … 550
Devon … … 870
Dorset … … 460
Durham … … 130
Essex … … 12,160
Gloucester … … 1,050
Hampshire … … 990
Isle of Wight … … 230
Hereford … … 3,850
Hertford … … 2,280
Huntingdon … … 11,450
Kent … … 600
Lancaster … … 90
Leicester … … 1,440
Lincoln Holland … … 15,830

Acres.
Lincoln Kesteven … 20,760
Lincoln Lindsey … 25,480
Middlesex and London … —
Norfolk … 74,630
Northampton … 3,250
Soke of Peterboro' … 4,020
Northumberland … 180
Nottingham … 10,270
Oxford … 1,260
Rutland … 790
Salop … 16,170
Somerset … 2,230
Stafford … 5,750
Suffolk, East … 28,800
Suffolk, West … 22,650
Surrey … 50
Sussex, East … 110
Sussex, West … 1,730
Warwick … 2,610
Westmorland … —
Wiltshire … 1,040
Worcester … 3,080
York, East Riding … 9,190
York, North Riding … 5,390
York, West Riding … 5,290
Wales: …
Anglesey … 20
Brecon … 20
Cardigan … 60
Carmarthen … —
Caernarvon … —
Denbigh … 50
Flint … 160
Glamorgan … 60
Merioneth … —
Monmouth … 80
Montgomery … 30
Pembroke … 400
Radnor … Nil.
A dash (—) indicates that the area is less than 10 acres.
These figures are provisional and are subject to revision.

Mr. SMITH

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that, owing to the low price of sugar and the reduction of the sugar-beet subsidy next year, difficulty exists in reaching remunerative prices between the factories and the farmers; and whether, in the circumstances, he will consider continuing the subsidy now existing without reduction, at all events until the sugar market readjusts itself?

Dr. ADDISON

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 30th October to the hon. Member for Saffron Walden (Mr. Butler).

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