§ Mr. Alasdair Mackenzieasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he is taking to ensure that abattoirs which have a poor standard of efficiency improve their methods.
§ Mr. Hoy:Standards of construction and practice laid down in 1958 are now in operation for virtually all local authority areas in England and Wales. The new Meat and Livestock Commission has, moreover, been given the function of advising those concerned with slaughterhouses on matters of efficiency.