HL Deb 09 July 1984 vol 454 cc632-3

4 Clause 7, page 5, line 43, at end insert ("to which regulations under section 3 of this Act apply").

5 Page 6, line 8, leave out ("for commercial purposes").

6 Page 6, line 14, leave out ("for commercial purposes").

7 Page 6, line 18, leave out ("for commercial purposes").

7.12 p.m.

Lord Belstead

My Lords. I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 4, 5, 6, and 7. These amendments are to ensure that the powers of entry for authorised local authority or Ministry officials in Clause 7 will be available in those premises where slaughter is controlled under regulations made under Section 3 of the 1967 Act. As I explained in introducing the Government's last group of amendments, it was necessary to draft the powers more widely so that we might be sure that all slaughter in commercial premises or for commercial purposes fell within the scope of the Bill. It was particularly necessary to make clear that any slaughter after sale, whether by the seller or his employee, the purchaser or any other person, was covered.

I believe that these amendments ensure that the powers of entry are now available to all premises where this kind of slaughter takes place—and rightly so. However I assure your Lordships that when we come to make regulations under Section 3 we intend to exclude from their scope slaughter by individuals at home for consumption by themselves and their families. Power of entry will not therefore be available in those circumstances.

Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said amendments—(Lord Belstead).

On Question, Motion agreed to.