Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 24 Chwefror 1947.
Mr. Baldwin:
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that more sugar beet was grown in 1946 than the present sugar-beet factories could process; and, as it is uneconomical to give cropping instructions for the 1947 crop in excess of what can be processed by the end of December, if he will instruct his A.E.Cs. accordingly.
Mr Thomas Williams
, Don Valley
The acreage of sugar beet grown in England and Wales in 1946 exceeded the total target acreage for the country, and a record yield per acre was obtained. Despite this, and the bad harvesting weather, by far the greater part of the record sugar beet crop will have been processed before the campaign is concluded. I see no reason to vary the existing instructions to county war agricultural executive committees to do their best to ensure that the 1947 target acreage of 394,000 acres is attained. This is over 9,000 acres less than the target for 1946, and over 15,000 acres less than the area actually grown in 1946.
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
