§ Sir G. Mitchesonasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether his attention has been drawn to the complaints of the smaller butchers that they are receiving smaller allocations of imported meat than the multiple shops; and whether he will state what steps he is taking to deal with this grievance?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydYes, Sir. My right hon. Friend has received complaints of the nature referred to by my hon. Friend from butchers in and around the Metropolitan area, who draw their supplies from the emergency depots set up to replace the Central Meat Markets of Smithfield. He has had each case carefully investigated, and he has arranged that all butchers in the area must obtain all their supplies of imported meat from the depots in question. I am hopeful that these steps will remove the inequalities complained of.