§ Sir P. Hurdasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in view of the greatly increased sugar- beet quota for Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset and Gloucestershire, in the case of Wiltshire from 340 acres to 800 acres, and the report of the experts of the Wiltshire War Agricultural Committee that districts like Bromham, Pewsey Vale and Lavington can produce large crops with a high sugar content, he will take steps to provide a sugar factory within reasonable distance?
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe capacity of the existing beet sugar factories is adequate to deal with the estimated sugar beet crop next year and it would be impossible to justify the use of building material which is urgently needed for essential war purposes for the erection of an additional factory such as is suggested by my hon. Friend.