HC Deb 31 January 1952 vol 495 c48W
53. Mr. Odey

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will review the Regulations issued in March, 1949, governing the collection of kitchen waste to enable a licence to be transferred from one collector to another in cases where, at the discretion of his Department, there would appear to be good and sufficient grounds for such a transfer.

Sir T. Dugdale

Under the Kitchen Waste (Licensing of Private Collectors) Order I already have power to transfer a licence from one collector to another; but to avoid the risk of animal disease we try to see that waste goes through a central plant wherever possible. Old-established collectors are given licences so that they can go on collecting from their old rounds, but this is a purely personal concession and we do not usually allow licences to be transferred if there is a central plant to which the waste could go.