HC Deb 09 May 1968 vol 764 cc137-8W
Dr. John Dunwoody

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what the stabilisation arrangements for the bacon curing industry are to be.

Mr. Cledwyn Hughes

The Government have reviewed the first year's operation of the arrangements which my predecessor announced to the House on 12th April, 1967. They have decided that, subject to a necessary consequential change on account of new standards of bacon selection which are being introduced by the industry, the present arrangements will be continued with no alteration of substance. They will, however, be specially reviewed after four months' experience of the new standards. This review will take all relevant factors into account, including the recent report on the industry made to the Economic Development Committee for Food Manufacturing (the Worth Report).