§ Mr. POTTSasked the Minister of Agriculture the amount of subsidy paid out for the year 1934–35 by the Treasury for the growing of sugar beet; and how much was paid to the growers of beet and how much went to the factories?
§ Mr. ELLIOTThe total amount of subsidy paid in respect of the 1934–35 manufacturing campaign was £4,429,565 9s. 3d. The subsidy was paid to the manufacturers of home-grown sugar and no subsidy payment was made direct to the growers. Any apportionment of the benefits of the subsidy between factories and growers would necessarily be highly speculative, since it would involve an estimate of what would have been the price of sugar beet had no direct Exchequer assistance been afforded to the industry.