§ 59 and 60. Mr. Jewsonasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food (1) why many fish-friers in Great Yarmouth are now compelled to draw their supplies from a nucleus melter 120 miles from the town;
(2) why petrol is wasted by the refusal to allow fat to be processed at a works 20 yards from the slaughter-houses in Great Yarmouth as heretofore, and insistence that this work should be done 20 miles away?
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food (Major Lloyd George)Under the scheme of concentration of the dripping industry, the one firm in Great Yarmouth affected has ceased to manufacture dripping, and the raw fat, averaging about 10 cwts. weekly, which they have been receiving from the local slaughterhouses, has been transferred to a nucleus factory about 10 miles away. Prior to concentration, the Great Yarmouth firm were also receiving raw fat from the slaughterhouses at Norwich and dripping from other distant manufacturers, as their own production was insufficient to meet the requirements of their customers. The quantities of raw fat and dripping sent into the town were far greater than the quantities of dripping produced from local raw materials, so that it has always been necessary to draw on outside sources to meet the requirements of local fish friers. The raw fat previously sent from Norwich is now being processed in that city. The dripping obtained from outside sources is being delivered direct to the users. I am satisfied that, taking the new arrangements in the area as a whole, they will secure an economy in man-power, transport and coal.