§ SIR THOMAS BAZLEYasked the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education, Whether it is true that live cattle imported from Brittany and Normandy into Southampton are not permitted to be forwarded to London; and, if so, what is the ground for this restriction on the Foreign cattle trade; and, whether the Government have any reason to believe that there is now any cattle plague in Brittany and Normandy?
§ VISCOUNT SANDONIt is true, Sir, that live cattle imported from Brittany and Normandy into Southampton are not permitted to be forwarded to London until they have undergone a quarantine of 14 days, and the same restriction applies to all cattle coming from France. The reason of the restriction is that Germany, Belgium, and Italy are among the countries to which the regulations of the 4th Schedule of the Act of 1869 apply, and as we have no information that satisfactory precautions are taken at the French frontier to prevent the introduction of cattle from the above-mentioned countries into France, or through France into Great Britain, the regulations of the 4th Schedule are applied to France also. There is no reason to believe that cattle plague exists in any part of France.