Mr. Guestasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the difficulty of obtaining adequate supplies of
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Assistance given under certain headings to the Agricultural Industry in the United Kingdom in each financial year from 1925 onwards. Financial Year. Wheat Act1932. Deficiency Payments to registered growers.* British Sugar (Subsidy) Acts 1925 to 1935, and Sugar Industry (Re-organisation)Act 1936. Subsidy etc. on sugar and molasses.† Cattle Industry (Emergency Provisions) Acts1934 to 1936 and Livestock Industry Act 1937. Payments to producers. Milk Acts, 1934 to 1937. Subsidy. Rebate £ £ £ £ £ 1925 — 1,066,090 213,000 — — 1926 — 3,225,859 583,000 — — 1927 — 4,309,260 761,000 — — 1928 — 2,854,239 678,000 — — 1929 — 4,229,730 1,017,000 — — 1930 — 6,022,972 1,525,000 — — 1931 — 2,135,192 1,193,000 — — 1932 4,510,946 2,356,207 1,288,000 — — 1933 7,179,748 3,332,910 2,120,000 — — 1934 6,812,785 4,449,883 2,882,000 2,013,307‡ 2,250,937 1935 5,636,642 2,285,570 2,660,000 3,884,049 1,850,230 1936 1,340,367 2,980,978 2,407,000 3,982,146 1,025,131 1937 (approx.) Not available. 1,217,904 2,147,000 3,943,657 689,785 1938 (estimate) 2,550,000 No reliable estimate yet available 4,395,700 430,300§ * These payments are made not out of public funds but out of the Wheat Fund. Periods covered are the cereal years ended 31st July, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1937. † Great Britain only—no payments to Northern Ireland. ‡Payments in this year are for seven months only. § Provision is for the period ending 30th September, 1938. fertilisers under the new scheme in Brecon and Radnor and other parts of Wales; and whether any arrangements can now be made to supply the demand?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonJudging from the number of applications received for contributions under the Land Fertility Scheme, occupiers of agricultural land in Brecon and Radnor, and in Wales generally, do not appear to be at any disadvantage in obtaining supplies of lime and basic slag. The general position regarding supplies remains as stated in my reply to my hon. Friend on 3rd February last.