§ Brigadier-General Clifton Brownasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food how many public slaughterhouses are now operating in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively; and whether they are operating satisfactorily, both financially and economically?
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe approximate number of slaughter-houses which are being employed by my Department is as follows: England 565, Scotland 140, Wales 74. In view of the need for economy in transport, consideration is being given at the present time to the incidence of the slaughtering load at a number of slaughter-houses at present in use. Subject to this, I am satisfied that2060W the slaughter-houses employed by the Ministry are, generally speaking, operating satisfactorily both from an economic and financial point of view.