Orders of the Day — Agriculture

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 31 October 1974.

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Photo of Mr Michael Jopling Mr Michael Jopling , Westmorland 12:00, 31 October 1974

It would be helpful if the right hon. Gentleman would himself comment on one of the matters which he has just read out from the farmers' document. I refer to the possibility of a waiting period of perhaps 60 days for Irish cattle coming into this country before they qualify for the slaughter premium. We have had this sort of arrangement before, and the right hon. Gentleman has wide experience of these matters. He will recall that my right hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire (Mr. Pym) made the same suggestion in his opening speech. Does not the right hon. Gentleman agree that this matter warrants careful and sympathetic consideration?