§ Mr. R. Morganasked the Minister of Food if he can state the details of Government contracts for the purchase of sugar; and whether the prices paid are in all cases adequate to counter rising costs.
§ Colonel LlewellinFor 1945, after a thorough investigation of various factors including rising costs, a general increase of £2 per ton over the 1944 price is being paid to Dominion and Colonial producers. There is every reason to believe that the increased price is adequate for the general body of producers.