§ 59. Mr. G. Williamsasked the Minister of Food whether self-supplying owners of pigs who, through ignorance of the regulations, failed to register them at the right time for eventual slaughter, may be permitted to do so, retrospectively, on producing proofs of their bona fides.
§ Mr. StracheyIt would be manifestly unfair to those who have carried out their obligations under the scheme to permit others to gain advantage simply by pleading ignorance of rules which have been very widely publicised. During the first months of the revised scheme, however, every application to slaughter an unregistered pig is being considered individually by my Department and in those cases where good cause can be shown some degree of concession is being given.
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§ 60. Colonel Ropnerasked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that butchers and registered pig-keepers are dissatisfied with his Department's regulations which stipulate that pigs to be slaughtered for bacon should be killed at specified slaughterhouses; and whether he will consider allowing pig-keepers to choose for themselves the most convenient licensed slaughterhouse at which their pigs should be killed.
§ Mr. StracheyNo. But I am always willing to consider exceptional cases on their merits.