HC Deb 28 November 1950 vol 481 c144W
Mr. Granville

asked the Secretary of State for Air if, in view of the dangers of foot and mouth disease and swine fever, he will authorise the collection of pig swill by private collectors, possessing the necessary concentrator plants required to sterilise it, from Royal Air Force stations, and not permit the swill to be used on the stations where such machinery is not available.

Mr. A. Henderson

R.A.F. units are authorised, if they grow vegetables, to keep pigs, and to use their swill for feeding them. All swill retained on stations is sterilised in accordance with the statutory obligations imposed on all stock-keepers. R.A.F. units which do not use their swill in this way are required to dispose of it to contractors possessing the necessary facilities for sterilisation.