§ Mr. Perkinsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will give an assurance that the firm of Smith, Rogers and Company, of Ebley, Stroud, Gloucestershire, will be able to retain their slaughtering licence?
§ Mr. MabaneI presume my hon. Friend refers to the firm's bacon production licence. If so, the position is that all factories that have ceased bacon production on account of concentration still retain their bacon production licences.