§ MR. W. LOWTHERasked the Vice President of the Privy Council, Whether, as the cattle disease is known to exist at Hull, measures cannot be taken by the Privy Council to induce the local authorities of the west riding of Yorkshire to suspend in that county all fairs and markets, as has been already done in the east and north ridings?
§ VISCOUNT SANDONSir, by an Order of Council, of February 13, a local authority may make regulations—1, prohibiting the holding of fairs and markets; 2, prohibiting or regulating the movement of cattle. The local authority for the West Riding has prohibited the movement of animals, but does not appear to have considered it necessary to prohibit fairs and markets. The Order of Council for the East Riding was issued only because it was necessary to stop York Fair, which was to be held on the following day. As Hull is the only place in Yorkshire where cattle plague is known to have existed, the Privy Council have not thought it necessary to interfere with the proceedings of the local authority in the West Riding. I may add for the information of the House that there has been no fresh case of cattle plague reported since February 27.