HC Deb 27 June 1955 vol 543 cc25-6
35. Mr. Dodds

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress has been made by the Interdepartmental Committee on Slaughterhouses; and when the necessary information is likely to be available.

Mr. Amory

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Norfolk, Central (Sir F. Medlicott), on 20th June.

Mr. Dodds

Does not the right hon. Gentleman appreciate that last October we were told that this information would be available at the turn of the year and that in April he told me it would be ready in two months' time, which has now passed? Can he not now say when this long-delayed information will be available?

Mr. Amory

Yes. I have indicated the fresh complications that arose after I had expressed the hope that the Report would be available early this year. The reply I gave recently to my hon. Friend the Member for Norfolk, Central was to the effect that I expected the Report to be available next month, and that is about the two months I mentioned.