HC Deb 01 June 1893 vol 12 cc1750-1
MR. CHAPLIN

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he can state the arrangements which have been made by the Board for the examination of the lungs of the Canadian cattle which are landed in Great Britain?

MR. H. GARDNER

The arrangements made for the examination of the lungs of Canadian cattle landed in Great Britain are embodied in an Order made by the Board of Agriculture on the 17th ultimo, a copy of which I shall be happy to supply to the right hon. Gentleman. The Order is being carried out by the Inspectors at the various ports where the cattle are landed, with the assistance of a staff of Commissioners specially engaged for the purpose. I may add that the Order was published in the London Gazette of the 18th ultimo, and that the usual steps were taken to give publicity to its provisions, in accordance with the undertaking I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Dundee.

MR. CHAPLIN

Would it be convenient to the right hon. Gentleman to say what has been the result of the inquiry up to the present time? Does it point to the sanitary condition of Canadian cattle, or whether they confirm the continued existence of pleuro-pneumonia in that country?

MR. H. GARDNER

I must ask for notice of that question.