Report / Economic Advisory Council. Committee on Slaughtering of Livestock.

  • Great Britain. Economic Advisory Council. Committee on Slaughtering of Livestock.
Date:
1933
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    GRE he? i ae critical scheme would be of particular significance, any opposition that might exist in the trade as a whole would be concentrated: upon the experiment. The organisers of the experiment would have no assured outlet for their product, but would be completely dependent upon the local butchers. In this way the circumstances of the experiment would be very different from those of the ‘‘ Carlisle experiment,’’ which has achieved considerable success in the regulation of the drink trade. 174. Further ways in which the Government might increase the willingness of existing local authorities to centralise slaughtering would be (1) by legislation relating to England and Wales similar to that already operative in Scotland, whereby all private slaughterhouses were closed automatically whenever the local authorities opened a slaughter- house of their own, (2) by the grant of public funds towards the construction of slaughterhouses in approved situations. The first of these suggestions is open to the objection that it does not provide for the required co-ordination among different local authorities. The second, quite apart from the undesirability at the present time of adding to the charges upon the Exchequer, invites an objection to the use of public funds as an inducement to local authorities to adopt a policy which should not ultimately place any financial burden upon them. 175. We are led by these considerations to reject this method of approach, and to recommend the adoption of the alternative method, namely, the establishment of an ad hoc body charged with the duty of reorganising the facilities for slaughter in Great Britain. The remainder of this section is devoted to the consideration of the detailed constitution of such a body. | (b) Constitution and functions of the organisation proposed. 176. It is clear that there must be some division of the proposed organisation into a national planning authority and a number of local operating bodies. After the consideration of several alternatives we have come to the conclusion that a scheme on the following lines would be found in practice to have the greatest balance of advantage upon 168 side. 177. As a first step there should be constituted a national planning authority, which we refer to throughout the remainder of this report as the National Slaughterhouses Board, charged with certain functions in relation to existing slaughterhouses, both municipal and private, and also with the duty of bringing a compre- desirable for this authority ultimately to be responsible to a Minister existing public department. One reason for this is that there is no single department which is concerned in every aspect of the work of the new Authority. The Ministry of Health, the Mumistry of Agriculture, and the corresponding Scottish Departments are all [8282] | fob. 2