HC Deb 22 October 1952 vol 505 c116W
75. Mr. J. Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how the Canadian sugar deal payments to Mauritius is to be distributed among planters.

Mr. Lyttelton

The money has been paid into the Sugar Industry Rehabilitation Fund. A committee, on which both the sugar manufacturers and the planters were represented, has recommended to the Government of Mauritius that the Rehabilitation Fund should be divided into a Sugar Millers' Rehabilitation Fund and a Sugar Planters' Rehabilitation Fund.