§ MR. W. REDMONDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the proceedings at a conference of butter merchants, representing the Counties of Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Kerry, and Clare, when a resolution was passed to respectfully request that, as there is no legal standard fixed for the guidance of Irish butter-makers, the Government will insert a clause in the Bill introduced by the hon. Member for the College Division of Glasgow, and now before Parliament, fixing a maximum percentage of moisture which pure butter may contain; and whether the Government will take into consideration this matter so important to a great industry in Ireland?
MR. J. MORLEYI have received copies of the resolutions passed at the conference referred to, and I am aware of the importance to Ireland. The Bill mentioned already contains a clause (the fifth) proposing a maximum percentage of moisture which pure butter may contain.
§ MR. W. REDMONDDoes the Bill apply to Ireland?