§ LORD HENRY THYNNEasked the Vice President of the Council, Whether his attention has been directed to the serious outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Wiltshire and Dorsetshire; and, whether he will take into his immediate consideration what steps may be necessary to check the disease, and especially the desirability of sending down an Inspector at once to report thereon?
§ VISCOUNT SANDONOwing, Sir, to the prompt action of my noble Friend the Member for South Wilts, the Lord President was informed yesterday of the outbreak of some serious form of disease among the cattle in Wiltshire and Dorsetshire. The same afternoon an Inspector was instructed to visit the locality 852 and to report as soon as possible the result of his inquiry. No Report has been received from him up to the present time, but he has been instructed to telegraph as soon as he has ascertained the real character of the disease, and I shall be happy to inform my noble Friend what we hear.