§ MR. KNOWLES (Salford, W.)asked the President of the Board of Trade, If 79 his attention has been lately called to the increase in the sale of horse flesh; and, if the Government intend to take any, and if so what, steps to institute an inquiry into the subject with a view to legislation?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)My attention has been called to the sale of horse flesh. I received a deputation on the subject last summer. My noble Friend the Secretary to the Board of Trade has been authorized to state in "another place" that the Government will be prepared next Session to appoint a Committee to consider the sale of articles of food under circumstances calculated to mislead the purchaser as to their real nature.