HC Deb 24 April 1940 vol 360 cc206-7
53. Lieut.-Colonel Heneage

asked the Minister of Supply what progress is being made among the London and county boroughs to save kitchen waste suitable for livestock?

Mr. Burgin

In reply to a Question by my hon. and gallant Friend on 11th March, I informed him that, according to the records of my Department, 14 county borough authorities were collecting waste products suitable for stock feeding. The latest returns received by my Department show that 20 county borough authorities, as well as three Metropolitan borough authorities, are now collecting kitchen waste suitable for stock feeding. In addition, private collections operate in certain other Metropolitan boroughs and county boroughs. With my hon. and gallant Friend's permission, I will circulate particulars in the Official Report.

Following are the particulars:—

The following Metropolitan and county boroughs are collecting kitchen waste suitable for stock feeding:—

Metropolitan Boroughs.
Holborn. Woolwich.
Lambeth.
County Boroughs.
Bournemouth. Middlesbrough.
Burton-on-Trent. Nottingham.
Coventry. Oldham.
Croydon. Oxford.
Halifax. Plymouth.
Hastings. Portsmouth.
Hull. Rotherham.
Leeds. St. Albans.
Leicester. St. Helens.
Manchester. Worcester.

In addition, private collections operate in the City of London and the City of Westminster and in the following Metropolitan boroughs and county boroughs:—

Metropolitan Boroughs.
Lewisham. Wandsworth.
County Boroughs.
Birmingham. Southport.
Burnley. Wallasey.
Eastbourne. West Bromwich.
Grimsby.