MR. PAGETasked the Vice President of the Council, Whether, seeing the national importance of early information of an outbreak of Cattle Plague and with a view to afford reasonable inducement to owners of stock to declare the existence of this disease immediately on its outbreak, he will endeavour to provide by statute that compensation for compulsory slaughter of affected animals shall be awarded on a scale at least as liberal as that now in force in case of pleuro-pneumonia under the Animals Order, 1875?
§ VISCOUNT SANDONSir, I have referred the Question of my hon. Friend to the Lord President, and I hope, I need not assure him, that we fully appreciate the importance of the matter to which he has called attention. Considering, however, that these matters will shortly be investigated by the Committee, which we hope will be soon at work, we think we should not be justified in giving any opinion, and still less in proposing any legislation, respecting any part of the subject, until the Report of the Select Committee has been received.
MR. PAGETgave Notice that he would take an early opportunity of calling the attention of the House to the subject.