§ 15. Mr. OSWALD LEWISasked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in the course of his inquiry as to the desirability of making an order for the compulsory cleansing of shell-fish before they are marketed, he will consider the propriety of exempting from the operation of such an order a fishery such as the Colchester oyster fishery, where, owing to the situation of the beds and the set of the tides, pollution of the shell-fish is not possible?
§ Mr. ELLIOTMy right hon. Friend the Minister of Health, by whom regulations for the control of the sale of shellfish for human consumption are made, will no doubt be guided by the evidence of pollution or of its absence. The inquiries which we are conducting are directed to this point. If my hon. Friend will give me any evidence as to beds in which pollution is impossible, I shall be glad to examine it.