HC Deb 21 November 1972 vol 846 c327W
36. Sir J. Gilmour

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he has made of the amount of sugar produced in the current season from sugar beet grown in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Anthony Stodart

The British Sugar Corporation's present estimate of the yield from the 1972 crop is equivalent to 862,000 tons of refined sugar.