§ Mr. Price-Whiteasked the Minister of Food what facilities are made available by his Ministry at livestock markets in the way of weighing machines and other apparatus to assist the grading officials of the Ministry in the grading of livestock to be sold at such markets.
§ Mr. StracheyMy Department does not itself provide weighing machines or other equipment for market premises approved for use as livestock collecting centres. It is, however, a condition of approval of these centres that there shall be suitable accommodation for the examination and grading of animals and that there shall be a properly tested machine in or near to the centre for weighing all cattle that are graded.