§ Mr. Terry Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether she will make sure that there are no undue delays in the encashment of beef tokens to butchers.
§ Mr. Alec JonesEncashment of tokens will normally be made within one week of their being received from retailers. It will help to ensure prompt payment if, as530W they have been asked to do, retailers can post token consignments to the Token Surrender Unit in the particular week of each month which has been allocated to them.