§ The Minister of Food (Colonel Llewellin)With the permission of the House, I would like to make a short explanatory 551 statement on Defence Regulation 55G, which has just been published. The policy of the Government in regard to "Measures to Improve the Quality of the Nation's Milk Supply" was set out in a White Paper published in July last. This regulation carries out that policy in so far as it is concerned with the control of the classes of milk sold in certain areas. The need for this control was fully explained in the White Paper.
The Regulation prohibits the sale of milk by retail in areas to be specified in Orders to be made by me, unless it is
The areas which will be specified are those in which a rationalisation scheme is in force for economising the use of men and vehicles and thereby having the effect of restricting consumers in the choice of their dairymen. No area will be specified until I am satisfied that facilities exist for supplying adequate quantities of heat treated milk to meet the requirements of the area.
- either T.T. milk, and in Scotland, certified milk
- or accredited milk; in Scotland, standard milk, so long as in both these cases they are derived from a single herd;
- or heat treated, pasteurised, or sterilised milk.