Mr. Temple Morrisasked the Minister of Food what expressions of dissatisfaction he has received from Welsh farmers and stockbreeders with the present system of recording the weights of killed cattle which prevents them ascertaining what the weights actually are; and whether he still proposes to continue the regulation prohibiting the disclosure of weight?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonI have not received any formal expressions of dissatisfaction from Welsh farmers and stockbreeders with the present system of recording the weights of killed cattle but I am aware that some farmers desire to know these figures. I am unable to accede to this wish for the reasons given in the reply to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Chatham (Captain Plugge) on 20th February.
§ Major Carverasked the Minister of Food whether he can make any statement as to the system under which vendors of cattle are informed of the actual slaughterhouse weights of their animals when killed for food?
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§ Mr. MorrisonI would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply which was given to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Chatham (Captain Plugge) on 20th February.