Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 July 1957.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he proposes to lay before Parliament new Regulations prescribing minimum standards for slaughterhouse construction.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will give particulars of the statutory standards he intends to lay before Parliament for the construction and equipment of slaughterhouses.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he can yet specify the standards recommended for the construction and equipment of new slaughterhouses.
Mr. T. Williams:
When the new Regulations are provided, will the Minister encourage the building of the slaughterhouses refered to therein?
Mr. Williams:
I hope the Minister is well aware of the fact that many of the existing slaughterhouses being used at present are utterly out of date and hopelessly uneconomic for their purpose?
When he is making these Regulations, will my right hon. Friend consider the necessity for the closest possible co-operation being maintained with the planning authorities in order to see that when new slaughterhouses are built, the planning authorities, simply because there is no co-operation, do not build houses next-door to these slaughterhouses, thereby causing nuisance and hardship to the people coming to those houses?
In view of the assurance given in the White Paper last year, will the Minister assure the House now that legislation will be introduced in the next Session to deal with slaughterhouses?