§ 29. Mr. Dyeasked the Minister of Food whether he is in a position to make a statement on the increased slaughterhouse facilities that he hopes to provide for next year's peak production of livestock.
§ Mr. WebbI hope that the two experimental slaughterhouses at Fareham and Guildford will be completed by next autumn. As I have already said, we are encouraging local authorities to build slaughterhouses at places where existing facilities are seriously are inadequate and where there seems to be a permanent need for new slaughterhouses, but I cannot at present say whether any of these will be completed in time for the next peak season.
§ Mr. DyeWill the local authorities be able to proceed with these plans and the building of new slaughterhouses during next year, ready for the peak period in the autumn?
§ Sir Herbert WilliamsDoes not the right hon. Gentleman realise that the Labour Party's policy of centralised slaughterhouses is the cause of all this trouble? [HON. MEMBERS: "No."] Certainly.