HC Deb 11 December 1975 vol 902 c306W
Miss Fookes

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ban the payment of slaughtermen on a headage basis.

Mr. Strang

The basis on which slaughtermen are paid is a matter to be settled between them and their employers or the representatives of both. The slaughterhouse legislation gives my right hon. Friend no power to intervene in this process.

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