§ Major Carverasked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that although centralised slaughtering of cattle may be workable in towns, great difficulties have arisen in rural areas; and whether he is prepared to put forward a scheme which would fit in with existing accommodation in country districts?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonI am not aware that the arrangements for the slaughter in selected slaughter-houses of fat stock for human consumption involve the rural areas in great difficulties. Any alternative scheme which did not involve a considerable reduction in the number of slaughtering points and which applied to rural areas only, would defeat many of the objects of the present scheme, one of which is to ensure the equitable allocation of home-killed meat and imported meat as between different areas.