HC Deb 19 July 1894 vol 27 c366
MR. J. E. ELLIS

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture when the evidence taken in the recent inquiry into the lungs of certain Canadian cattle will be presented to the House; and whether he can now state the conclusion at which the Department has arrived thereon?

THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. H. GARDNER,) Essex, Saffron Walden

The evidence in question is of a very technical character, and will require careful revision, but I hope it will not be long before I am in a position to present it to the House. I stated on the 12th instant that there does not seem to be any prospect at present of my being able to dispense with the normal statutory requirement of slaughter at the port of landing in the case of cattle imported into this country from Canada, and I cannot at the moment add to this statement. I propose, however, to embody the facts upon which it is based in a reasoned Minute which will be included in the other Papers to be presented.