§ 60. Mr. Spenceasked the Minister of Food what arrangements are being made to handle the peak kill of livestock in the United Kingdom this year; and what additional numbers of stock are anticipated above last year's kill.
§ Mr. WebbThe seven area advisory committees, including representatives of the meat trade, the farmers' unions and the slaughtering industry, which were set up to advise on last year's arrangements and did excellent work have been called together again and I will await their advice. It is estimated that in the last six months of this year the stock to be handled at Government slaughterhouses, will be 90,000 cattle, 250,000 sheep and lambs, and 55,000 pigs, more than last year.