Mr James Hoy: Obviously, in the course of my visit matters appertaining to fishing were discussed in a friendly way, but we did not go into any real proposals. However, I would point out to my hon. and learned Friend that one striking thing to be seen in the British Embassy in Reykjavik was a very large bill advertising a fair to be held in his constituency next month.
Mr James Hoy: That is a problem common to both countries, and we exchanged views on it. As the hon. Gentleman knows, we are trying to arrange a conference with all the countries concerned. It was Great Britain which took the initiative in trying to find a solution to this problem.
Mr James Hoy: The Advisory Committee on Pesticides and Other Toxic Chemicals recommended in December, 1969, that pesticides for domestic uses should be subject to mandatory labelling requirements. My right hon. Friend is considering legislation to implement this and other recommendations with his right hon. Friends.
Mr James Hoy: We hope to introduce the legislation as quickly as possible, but, obviously, we must take into consultation other Departments and interests. There is no evidence that domestic insecticide aerosols present a special hazard, and they are generally safer than other types of insecticide pack. But, obviously, all these matters will have to be taken into account before introducing legislation.
Mr James Hoy: I shall take every precaution I can. Occasionally I get into trouble in the House. If I do as the hon. Gentleman suggests, I am told that there is too little information on the label. On other occasions I am told that there is too much. Sometimes I am criticised because the size of print is too large or too small. I shall exercise the best care I can.
Mr James Hoy: I am grateful to the hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks (Mr. Kitson) for putting down the new Clause. I cannot accept it, but at least it gives me an opportunity to explain what powers we have and what action we propose to take, which is very useful. One thing that has stood out is the difference of scientific opinion. I agree with the hon. Member for Edinburgh, West (Mr. Stodart) that if we...
Mr James Hoy: We had discussions on this point earlier. I am advised that it is doubtful whether the omission of the words "for any purpose" which the present Amendment proposes to take out would make much difference in practice to the extent of the authority's powers. But I certainly would not accept that the words are superfluous. They have been deliberately inserted in the Bill in order to make it...
Mr James Hoy: I beg to move Amendment No. 11, in page 4, line 19, leave out from beginning to end of line 21 and insert: (ii) activities ancillary to the production of eggs, being activities comprised in the hatching or rearing of domestic fowls or the disposal of domestic fowls at end of lay; and
Mr James Hoy: I think it would be agreeable to both sides if we took all these together. As hon. Members opposite will recall, we had some discussion in Committee on the authority's powers in relation to the voluntary supply of information on chick placings and the culling of birds from the laying flock. There was agreement between us that it would be desirable for the authority to have this information....
Mr James Hoy: The purpose of the provision that the hon. Members are seeking to delete is to lay down precisely how the authority is to apportion its administrative costs for the purposes of the levy estimates that they will be required to submit under this Clause. These estimates will need to distinguish between the amounts required for market support, for advertising and for the authority's other...
Mr James Hoy: The hon. Member evidently did not understand what I said. I said that the question "has not so far as I am aware presented any special difficulties for other bodies with which my Department is concerned".
Mr James Hoy: I beg to move Amendment No. 17, in page 19, line 36, at end add: (2) After the passing of this Act, nothing in the said scheme shall have effect so as to require the election of new members to the said Board; and the said Board may, by a resolution passed at any time before 31st March 1971, extend until the making of an order for the winding-up of the Board the term of office of any elected...
Mr James Hoy: The hon. Gentleman the Member for Westmorland (Mr. Jopling) might have added that since Committee stage I have written him a letter explaining why this could not be done, and, indeed, why it is unnecessary. I thought he might have quoted what I said in the letter explaining the position. This Amendment is unnecessary. We discussed this in Committee as the hon. Member quite rightly said, and...
Mr James Hoy: I did not rest my remarks on the letter. I suggest that, as the hon. Gentleman has not taken part in the discussion, he does not know what has gone on. His hon. Friend knows what I meant when I replied on this issue, because in Committee I promised to consider the matter and give a reply. Because of that promise, and out of courtesy, I wrote the letter. On this question of people eating...
Mr James Hoy: We discussed a similar Amendment in Committee. I am sorry that hon. Members opposite have felt it necessary to table this Amendment, be- cause I should have thought that the explanation given in Committee would have set their minds at rest. It is appreciated that the intention is that, by preventing any possibility of one analyst providing evidence for both sides in the same case, justice...
Mr James Hoy: It is only right that a good Scots Presbyterian should pronounce the benediction. After all, it has been a very long prayer meeting. It has been going on since last November. I was a little surprised to hear the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare (Mr. Wiggin) say that he had looked briefly at the Bill. He has had between November, 1969 and April, 1970, to study it. I do not regard him as a...
Mr James Hoy: I beg to move, That the Bacon Curing Industry Stabilisation Scheme 1970, a draft of which was laid before this House on 12th February, be approved. The aim of the bacon curing industry stabilisation arrangements is to provide such assistance as the industry may require in order to maintain and improve its position in the British market. This Scheme will continue the present arrangements and...
Mr James Hoy: I said that it was probable that a major advance would be achieved if there were more integration, but I was not denigrating the industry. As the right hon. Gentleman knows, opinions were expressed about our industry's ability at the function which he and I were attending. The Corporation concluded that there was a wide range of performance by individual companies but there were several...
Mr James Hoy: It will be remembered that I gave the date when the draft Scheme was laid and I am surprised that the right hon. Member for Argyll (Mr. Noble) should have raised the point. As regards the I.R.C. report, he knows that many Governments have had inquiries of this kind, involving confidential reports to Ministers. He is himself connected with an industry which has supplied information, and I am...
Mr James Hoy: As the hon. Member was not here at the time, it would obviously have been difficult for him to have said it. We were told that the industry wanted a longer period for planning ahead. We think that the period of three years will permit the industry to plan with more confidence than would have been permitted by a period of six months or a year. I was asked about the registration of curers. All...
