§ Mr. Robert Banksasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he has of the anticipated tonnage of sugar beet production in the United Kingdom for the current year; what were the comparable figures for each of the last five years; and what the European Economic Community quota for United Kingdom production has been over the same period.
§ Mr. GummerThe information requested on production of sugar beet in the United Kingdom is as follows:
('000 tonnes) Season* Beet Production 1985–86 7,717 1984–85 9,017 1983–84 7,494 1982–83 10,008 1981–82 7,395 1980–81 7,380 * July-June year. The United Kingdom production quota is measured in terms of white sugar, not beet, production. For each of the above years the maximum quota was 1.144 million tonnes white sugar equivalent.