HC Deb 20 January 1975 vol 884 c227W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what arrangements exist at present for delivery of raw sugar from plants of the British Sugar Corporation to port sugar refineries; how long these have been in operation; and if any changes are planned for the 1975–76 sugar beet crop.

Mr. Bishop

All but two of the corporation's factories convert beet into white sugar in a single process. The corporation has been accustomed to sell the whole output of its raw sugar factories to the port refining companies, but the transaction is a matter for commercial negotiation between the companies concerned.