Catalogue description Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Slaughterhouses, Registered Files (91018 Series)

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Details of HLG 137
Reference: HLG 137
Title: Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Slaughterhouses, Registered Files (91018 Series)
Description:

this series contains correspondence mainly with MAFF concerning the Slaughterhouses Bill 1957. One file relates to the Interdepartmental Committee on Slaughterhouses which was set up in 1953 by the Minister of Food under the chairmanship of R Herbert and which reported in 1955 (Cmd 9761).
Date: 1955-1961
Related material:

For Ministry of Agriculture Meat Hygiene records see MAF 282
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: 91018 file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1951-1970
Physical description: 7 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background:

When MHLG was set up in 1951, it was given responsibilities previously belonging to the Ministry of Health concerning the confirmation of byelaws relating to slaughterhouses, and approval for their closure. However, the day to day administration of slaughterhouses had been under the control of the Minister of Food since 1940, and was transferred to MAFF when it was created in 1955. The matter of departmental responsibilities for slaughterhouses was further revised in the 1950s, when the controls over meat production were being lifted.

Therefore in January 1953, with the exception of those functions relating to compulsory land purchase for slaughterhouses, the functions of MHLG concerning slaughterhouses were transferred to the Ministry of Food. Simultaneously, the Home Office transferred the power to approve charges for the public use of slaughterhouses to MHLG.

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