§ Mr. Butcherasked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that 82 pigs consigned under the scheme of control, on 17th January, to Messrs. Speechley and Winston Smith's slaughter-houses, Cambridge, and 19 sows consigned to Mr. A. C. Lemon, of Ely, on 16th January, all the property of Mr. Raymond Pick, of Deeping St. Nicholas, Spalding, have not yet been paid for by the Ministry; and 849W whether similar delays in payment are general?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonI am informed that payment in respect of the pigs referred to in the Question was made on 28th February. I regret the delay in the making of payment for these pigs which was attributable to the inevitable difficulties experienced in introducing so far-reaching a scheme of control, which were enhanced by delays in the transmission of documents owing to the bad weather. Similar delays are not general.