Sugar (Hansard, 13 April 1984)

HC Deb 13 April 1984 vol 58 cc390-1W 391W

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the financial penalty for producing non-quota sugar in the United Kingdom; and how much such sugar has been produced in each of the past three years.

§ Mr. MacGregor
The provisions applicable to the production of non-quota sugar in the United Kingdom are the same as those applying in the Community generally, which I explained in my reply to the hon. Member of 22 March at column 519. The amount of non-quota sugar produced in the United Kingdom in the last three years is as follows:

tonnes

1981–82 nil

1982–83 ^*274,172

1983–84 †nil

^* Of which 80,000 tonnes were carried forward to 1983–84.

† Provisional.

	tonnes
1981–82	nil
1982–83	^*274,172
1983–84	†nil
^* Of which 80,000 tonnes were carried forward to 1983–84.
† Provisional.