§ MR. BROOKFIELD (Sussex, Rye)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture if he has received a Memorial from the Rye Cattle Market Company, asking that their licence to hold the usual fortnightly market on Wednesday, the 22nd instant, may be renewed; whether the measures recently taken to cope with the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease at Guestling have proved effectual; and whether he can hold out any hope that the Board of Agriculture will be able to grant the request of the Rye Cattle Market Company, and renew their licence within a measurable period of time?
§ MR. GARDNERI have received the Memorial to which the hon. Member refers. There is good reason to hope that the measures we have taken to cope with the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease at Guestling will prove effectual, and that we may be able to relax the existing restrictions before very long.