§ Mr. McEnteeasked the Minister of Food at what time intervals distribution of offals to butchers has been made in London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Birmingham, Eastbourne and Cambridge during the past half year to the nearest date available.
§ Sir B. Smith:The available supplies of offal are distributed as fairly as possible throughout the country and variations in the frequency of issues is no criterion of the amount of offal issued. With the exception of London, imported offal is issued to butchers in the towns mentioned once a fortnight and home killed offal is sent out as and when it becomes available after the slaughter of stock. In London, at the request of the butchers, a rota system has been adopted under which they take their supplies at less frequent intervals but in greater quantities, so that each butcher has sufficient to give all his customers a reasonable quantity. London butchers have been getting their supplies about once every four or five weeks.