35. Mr. De la Bèreasked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been drawn to the hardships which have arisen following on the appointment as veterinary inspectors of those who are not local veterinary inspectors on Panel B, for the purposes of inspection of animals at certain markets; and whether he is prepared to give special consideration to these cases of hardship?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonThe duty of market inspection in cases where it is not carried out by whole-time inspectors is carried out by part-time inspectors on Panel A, who have been appointed as competent and willing to carry out any of the duties of a whole-time inspector, within specified districts of the administrative division. An inspector cannot, therefore, be appointed to Panel A for the sole purpose of market inspection in a single market nor for any other single duty. The allocation of Panel A districts, which has recently been made, will be subject to review at the end of one year, and consideration will then be given to any cases in which it is represented that hardship has been caused by reason of an inspector not being allotted a district under Panel A.
Mr. De la BèreWould it be possible, at any time before the 12 months have expired, for the Minister to give sympathetic consideration to a very difficult case of hardship arising in the Vale of Evesham?
§ Mr. MorrisonI shall certainly always be very glad indeed to look into any case of that description.