§ 115. Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Food how many slaughterhouses have been licensed to operate from next week onwards; if he is satisfied that all reasonable requirements are likely to be met by the arrangements already made; and to what extent local authorities are exercising their option to buy the new government slaughterhouses.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeAt the middle of May, 2,260 private slaughterhouses had been licensed and 2,700 applications for licences were under consideration. In general, local authorities are satisfied that sufficient slaughtering facilities will be available on decontrol. Of the seven new slaughterhouses built by the Government, one is to be purchased by a local authority at a valuation to be determined by the district valuer; two others will be taken over by local authorities on the basis of a rent for a year when the purchase price will be determined; negotiations with the local authorities at the other four places for use of the premises on a rental basis have not yet been completed. Arrangements are being made to ensure that in any case slaughtering facilities will be available to traders at these four slaughterhouses.