§ 77. Mr. Kimballasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he has taken to encourage an export trade in carcase meat as opposed to a trade in meat on the hoof.
§ Mr. HoyLicences are not granted for the export of animals for slaughter except to countries which have given what are known as the Balfour assurances, which are assurances as to their welfare. Apart from action on these lines, it would be difficult to justify Government interference with the pattern of this trade as between live animals and carcase meat on animal welfare grounds.