Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am ar 26 Gorffennaf 1935.
On more than one occasion I have expressed my detestation of the whole bacon scheme. I feel that it is not on right foundations and have more than once crossed swords over it with the Minister, but as that scheme has been accepted I think it is necessary to embark upon the Development Board. What I am anxious about, however, is that this Development Board should not be endowed with tyrannous powers. The whole organisation of bacon production is in danger of becoming a close corporation, a fusion of vested interests, and what I am afraid of, as the representative of an agricultural constituency, and having received frequent representations from West Wales—