HC Deb 24 March 1882 vol 267 c1816
MR. HENRY TOLLEMACHE

asked the Vice President of the Council, If his attention has been called to a proposed scheme for erecting abattoirs at Crewe, in the centre of an agricultural district, for the slaughter of foreign cattle; and, if he is prepared to give his consent to such a proposal?

MR. MUNDELLA

Sir, no such scheme has been brought under the notice of the Privy Council, and, if it were, we should refuse our sanction, as it is contrary to the provisions of the Act of 1878.