§ Mr. Doddsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress has been made by the official committee looking into the problems of the meat and livestock industries; and what is being done to encourage the production of smaller and leaner joints of meat at a more reasonable price.
§ Mr. GodberIn the reply 1 gave to the hon. Member on 6th March I indicated the general scope of the problems being considered by the Technical Advisory Committee on Meat Research. Since then the Committee has been primarily concerned with proposals for the establishment of a Meat Research Centre, to which they attach great importance.
As regards the second part of the Question, the free market provides a most effective form of encouragement for the 284W production of the types and qualities of meat which are most in demand by consumers.