§ THE EARL OF LISTOWELasked Her Majesty's Government what decision they have reached on their future policy for slaughterhouses.
EARL ST. ALDWYNThe Government has decided to adopt with some modification the recommendations of the Inter-338WA departmental Committee on Slaughterhouses as being, in the circumstances prevailing in England and Wales, the most practical means of securing the provision of adequate slaughtering facilities that are satisfactory from the standpoint of humane slaughter, hygiene and working conditions. Subject to slaughterhouses conforming to prescribed standards, to planning consent being given and to provisions for safeguarding public slaughterhouses, there will be a limited period during which meat traders will be free to build slaughterhouses of the size, design and in the places which best suit the requirements of their trade. The details of this policy are set out in a White Paper which is now available in the Printed Paper Office.
House adjourned at two minutes after six o'clock.