§ Mr. Levyasked the Minister of Agriculture what is the total amount, for the latest complete year, of the subsidies paid to agriculture including sugar-beet?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonThe total amount of the subsidies paid to agriculture from Votes accounted for by my Department 2351W in the financial year 1937 was £6,413,339, made up as follows:
£ Sugar Industry (Reorganisation) Act, 1936: Subsidy etc. on Sugar 1,217,904 Livestock Industry Act, 1937: Payments to Producers 3,943,210 Milk Acts, 1934 to 1937: Payments in respect of milk used for manufacture and for increasing the demand for milk (excluding Scotland) 614,131 Agriculture Act, 1937, Part I—Land Fertility Improvement (Contributions towards cost of Lime and Basic Slag) 638,094 £6,413,339 In addition, deficiency payments amounting to £1,933,575 were made from the Wheat Fund (Wheat Act, 1932), to registered growers in respect of sales of wheat in the cereal year ended 31st July, 1938.