§ MR. KNOXI beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether the importation of swine from Derry to the port of Morecambe is prohibited; and, whether he will endeavour to have the prohibition removed now that there is no longer any swine fever in Derry or district.
§ *THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. WALTER LONG,) Liverpool, West DerbyWith a view to guard against the introduction of swine fever into Lancashire, the local authority have made a regulation prohibiting the movement of swine into the administrative county, except for slaughter and under licence, but the regulation does not affect the through transit of swine to the districts of other local authorities under certain specified conditions. I should not feel justified in asking the local authority to remove restrictions which they consider necessary, and I think rightly, for the protection of their district, and which it is quite competent for them to impose.