HC Deb 13 December 1939 vol 355 c1206
78. Sir T. Moore

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will state, by counties, the number of small bacon-curers in Scotland who will be able to operate owing to their average weekly output of bacon in 1938 having been 5 cwt. or more?

Mr. W. S. Morrison

As the answer contains a number of figures, I will, with my hon. and gallant Friend's permission, circulate them in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the information:

The number of bacon curers, by counties, in Scotland, whose average weekly output of bacon in 1938 was as much as 5 hundredweight but was less than 15 hundredweight is as follows:

Ayrshire … … 5
Fifeshire … … 2
Lanarkshire … … 4
Midlothian … … 2
Perthshire … … 2
Renfrewshire … … 2
Stirlingshire … … 1
West Lothian … … 1

These curers will qualify for a bacon production licence under the Bacon (Licensing of Producers) Order, provided they are able to comply with the requirements of the licence as regards the type of bacon to be produced.

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