113. Air Commodore Harveyasked the Minister of Food if he is satisfied that his Department will be able to buy up all the pigs offered for sale for slaughter before 3rd July, 1954.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeNo. During recent weeks the numbers of all classes of fatstock offered have been abnormally high and far beyond the Ministry's capacity to slaughter or current market40W requirements. Moreover, as part of the plans for decontrol, facilities for slaughter must be made available for use by private traders on 1st July. Consequently, it has been necessary to restrict purchases of pigs, as of all other classes of fatstock, during the last weeks of control.