§ Mr. W. R. A. Hudsonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will now announce the name of the Chairman of the Reorganisation Commission on Pigs and Bacon; and the terms of reference.
Mr. AmoryI am glad to say that Dr. C. I. C. Bosanquet, the Rector of King's College, Newcastle, has accepted the invitation of the Secretary of State for Scotland and myself to act as Chairman. The names of the other members will be announced shortly. The terms of reference of the Commission will be:
- (a) To consider the working of organised pig and bacon marketing in Great Britain under the Pigs and Bacon Marketing Schemes (now in suspense), having regard also to the provisions of the Bacon Industry Act, 1938;
- (b) to consider in the light of current and prospective conditions (including the level of production of pigmeat, the guarantees now given to producers under the Agriculture Act, 1947, and the Government's international obligations) whether these Schemes or any practicable modifications of them should continue in operation, and if so the nature of any alterations that may be required; or if not, whether any new marketing schemes should replace them and the form that any such new schemes should take;
- (c) to consider co-ordination between any schemes in Great Britain and corresponding arrangements in Northern Ireland; and
- (d) to make recommendations.