HC Deb 20 February 1931 vol 248 cc1639-40W
Viscountess ASTOR

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will give particulars of the dividends paid by beet-sugar manufacturing companies in Great Britain for each financial year from 1924–25 to 1929–30, showing the rate of interest on ordinary shares and the total amount paid in dividends?

Dr. ADDISON

I regret that I am not in a position to give the information desired by the Noble Lady. I understand, however, that those companies that are public companies have from time to time published their dividends in the Press, though the private companies have not.