§ 1. Mr. H. Hyndasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has now received the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on the Siting of Slaughterhouses; and whether he is yet in a position to issue regulations providing for charges to be made by a local authority for the inspection of meat or, alternatively, whether he will allow local authorities to adopt by-laws in respect of private slaughterhouses.
Mr. AmoryI have now received the Report, and am considering the proposals referred to by the hon. Member in the light of it.