§ 72. Mr. Dyeasked the Minister of Food whether he is yet in a position to provide additional slaughtering capacity to deal with the increasing numbers of livestock which are now being produced.
§ Mr. WebbYes. The Government are taking every possible step to meet the urgent need for additional slaughtering capacity to deal with the increasing numbers of livestock. Whilst we cannot do all that we should like owing to the present limitation on capital investment, I am glad to say that the Government have decided to build seven new slaughterhouses in areas where additional premises are most urgently needed, namely, in:114W Canterbury, Grimsby, Salisbury, Sunderland, Swindon; one in the neighbourhood of Bolton, Leigh and Wigan; one in the neighbourhood of Bournemouth and Poole, Consultations with the local authorities are now well advanced The seven new slaughterhouses will be in addition to the experimental slaughterhouses which are already being built at Fareham and Guildford.