§ Mr. R. T. EVANSasked the Minister of Agriculture the present position regarding the setting up of the Development Board under the pig marketing scheme; and whether applications for licences in respect of proposed new bacon factories are being held up pending the establishment of such a board?
§ Mr. ELLIOTA development scheme for organising the production of bacon in Great Britain has been submitted to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and myself by the Pigs and Bacon Marketing Boards and is being dealt with in accordance with procedure laid down in Part I of the First Schedule to the Agricultural Marketing Act, 1933. Notice of the submission was published on 10th April, 1934, and the period allowed for lodging objections and representations with respect to the scheme expires on 23rd May. The scheme providesinter alia for the issue by the Development Board of licences for the production of bacon; application for licences can neither be received nor considered until the Development Board, which would be the licensing authority, comes into existence.