§ MR. BEACHsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is true that large quantities of hay have been purchased from infected districts in Cheshire, and sent to Alder-shot and to other places?
MR. HEADLAMsaid, the contractors who supplied hay to Aldershot were liable, the same as any one else, to the penalties inflicted upon those who broke the restrictions placed on moving cattle and materials from infected districts; but he had no knowledge that what was alleged by the hon. Member to have taken place had occurred.
§ MR. BEACHsaid, he asked the question because the report which induced him to do so had come to him on the authority of the station master at Farnborough.
MR. HEADLAMsaid, the matter would be investigated, but the War Department had no knowledge of it at present.